I want my MythTV!

May 18, 2005 Posted by mitch | mythtv | 0 Comments

I was doing a bit of web surfing today at lunch and came across this article I want my MythTV. It gives a quick snapshot about what is going on in the DVR underground. At the end, the author writes something that I will have to agree with:

There are other implications of all this. In a changing universe, technologists will refuse to be hemmed in by artificial roadblocks created for the purpose of maintaining the status quo. Microsoft and Hollywood and whoever else can create all the DRM schemes they want; they can sue college kids for trading songs, block trading networks, shut down BitTorrent systemsâ€”but it won't do them any good. The forces of "We want it our way" will overpower them again and again, because that's the way technology works.

And this will all be shared. In a networked, computer-based world, the sense of community breeds a socialistic desire to share, not covet. This mentality is at the root of all the open-source activity and cannot be ignored or denied. I want my MythTV.

Emphasis added is my own.

I've been on a couple kicks(extremely annoyed) lately... DRM schemes, Sensorship, etc... Hopefully within the next day or two I'll have my whits about me that I will be able to write something that isn't completely flamming, and has some worth while points.

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