At times, some refer to "Adam's Rule", which has approximately the meaning "there should be no regulation which requires me to build a good product". IMHO, this behavior by MSFT software is not "good" (nor, John, is it reasonable IMO). I don't think MSFT should act this way, but I'd be against a regulation which required them to do it otherwise. There /is/ not regulation which requires a device to be able to record particular content, only law/regulation which requires that it be /possible/. -----Original Message----- From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Manfredi, Albert E Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 6:38 PM To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [opendtv] Re: Microsoft's Masters: Whose Rules Does Your Media Center Play By? Adam Goldberg wrote: > There is no law, regulation or otherwise which requires or > obligates MSFT to obey "do not record" commands in over-the-air > broadcast content. Unfotunately, I think the problem is that there is no law FORBIDDING Microsoft from so doing. And from what I have seen posted on here, CE manufacturers are fretting more about being sued by the media moguls for not doing draconian things with these flags than they are worried about being fined for abridging the consumers' rights. "Making sure we are doing the right thing," they call it. Right by whose definition? Bert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.