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Cozying up to Hollywood. Ick.

An AP wire article about ReplayTV and TiVo cozying up to Hollywood's wishes is a little bit disturbing in how far upstart companies have to go to please the big networks. While it makes good business sense to court Hollywood and make sure they're not going to sue you out of existence (like Sonic Blue), hearing that copy-protection is always on the table, limits on what you can do once you've recorded something, and even controls on something as low-bandwidth and quality as a cell phone makes my head spin.

It's like they're the mob and they run the town so you better play by their rules or they'll snuff you out.

by Matt Haughey July 21, 2003 in News

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