[SGVLUG] Anyone want to embrace and extend AOL?

[Michael Proctor-Smith]

On 11/21/05, John Riehl <jcriehl at mail.jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:
> Emerson, Tom wrote:
> >
> > .... and Warner Brothers will be supplying the initial content [reportedly, back episodes of just about everything... "on-demand"]
> >
> > Some key concepts I noted as I skimmed the first one
> >
> >    -- uses a peer-to-peer model
> >    -- uses a "plug-in" to ensure DRM safety and compliance
> >    -- it will be "streaming" video, not download-and-play-at-will.
>
> Some key shows I noted as I skimmed:
> "Welcome Back Kotter"
> "Chico and the man"
>
> Just what is DRM "safety"?  Is that will keep someone from watching too
> many episodes of Kotter?   Or is that too keep others from exploiting
> their rootkit/spyware?
>
> question of the day...currently, do tv/video card vendors incorporate
> the broadcast flag?   I think there was an attempt to get it put into
> the appropriations bill for the year.  I understand that RIAA has also
> tried to pass something called the HD radio act, essentially
> implementing a broadcast flag for radio..

The Broadcast flag was struck down (FCC overreached it power), I don't
beleieve that the broadcast flag has been made law by congress at this
point. But there was an attempt that I believe failed in the Senate
but passed in the house.