KDFW 4.1 Dallas just went DRM

[mooninite]

It has been DRM-free for as long as I know. The DRM flag is now on and I cannot stream it.

Time to draft a letter to all of my congressmen. Unfortunately they are all (R) and anti-open Internet, etc.

[jasonl]

Maybe now they'll fix their screwed up audio just in time for no one to be able to hear it.

[Cabal]

Similarly and not surprising, KTBC 7.1 (Fox) in Austin, TX also just went DRM.

[mbirk1951]

I can still watch it on my Sony TV, just no way to record. At least we still have ATSC 1.0 for probably two or three more years. I don't think we will ever convince the government that the data owners don't have a right to protect their data from perfect permanent and sharable copies. We benefitted from technology to make our copies, now technology will take it away.

[Cabal]

I can still watch it on my Sony TV, just no way to record. At least we still have ATSC 1.0 for probably two or three more years. I don't think we will ever convince the government that the data owners don't have a right to protect their data from perfect permanent and sharable copies. We benefitted from technology to make our copies, now technology will take it away.

And they're free to stream it that way over the Internet all they want. The difference here is we're talking about the public airwaves, with a license granted for the public good.

[mbirk1951]

I can still watch it on my Sony TV, just no way to record. At least we still have ATSC 1.0 for probably two or three more years. I don't think we will ever convince the government that the data owners don't have a right to protect their data from perfect permanent and sharable copies. We benefitted from technology to make our copies, now technology will take it away.

And they're free to stream it that way over the Internet all they want. The difference here is we're talking about the public airwaves, with a license granted for the public good.

I guess I always thought as long as the broadcasters provided a way to watch their product for free, that would meet the public good requirement. Didn't know it included anything else.