[opendtv] Re: Microsoft's Masters: Whose Rules Does Your Media Center Play By?
- From: John Willkie <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 16:35:22 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
What law or regulation requires that recording content be possible on a device?
Somehow, this feature is missing from the Funai/Sylvania TV sets.
One an infer that's is lawful per the Betamax decision, but I know of nothing
beyond that.
I agree that they should not be operating this way.
Perhaps "colorable" would be a better term for me to use than "reasonable." I
used reasonable over "not unreasonable." Indeed, it's simply foolish.
MS is entitled to make a fool of themselves, and has taken full advantage of
that "right" at least a few times.
John Willkie
-----Original Message-----
>From: Adam Goldberg <adam_g@xxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: May 23, 2008 4:13 PM
>To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [opendtv] Re: Microsoft's Masters: Whose Rules Does Your Media Center
>Play By?
>
>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
>
>
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