more on FCC's Chief Calls TiVo 'God's Machine'

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Jamie McCarthy <jamie () mccarthy vg>
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 10:56:54 -0500
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Subject: Re: [IP] FCC's Chief Calls TiVo 'God's Machine'

dave () farber net (Dave Farber) writes:

> FCC's Chief Calls TiVo 'God's Machine'

> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41345-2003Jan11.html

> Powell said he plans to use TiVo to record shows to play on other
> TV sets in his home, and suggested he might share recordings with
> his sister if she misses a show.

To share programs with his sister, he'll have to violate the DMCA.
TiVo announced Thursday that they will be building public-key crypto
into their Series 2 model (the only one that will be able to share
recordings).  To share programs within your house, you will need to
be authorized -- presumably this just means paying TiVo a fee -- and
sending programs outside your house will be verboten.

Locking consumers out of sharing programs they record is their way,
in press-release-speak, to "benefit consumers."

Thursday's press release here:

    http://www.tivo.com/5.3.1.1.asp?article=162

    Some of the key innovations of the new TiVoGuard(TM) copy
    protection system that benefit consumers and copyright holders,
    include:
    
        * Every TiVo Series2 DVR contains a unique public/private key
          pair so that only designated recorders with the Home Media
          Option can engage in multi-room viewing.

        * Use of digital certificates to ensure that TiVo DVRs with
          the Home Media Option cannot send content outside the home.

        * Video programs are encrypted to ensure a secure transfer
          between TiVo DVRs within the home.

News links and discussion here:

    http://slashdot.org/articles/03/01/11/1513223.shtml?tid=129


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