Why we can't record our TV shows (was: In case you have not seen it.....Linux Media Center)

[Ted Roche]

Jon 'maddog' Hall wrote:

> Now if a rogue media outlet started making good media (movies,
> songs, etc.) available at reasonable prices, playable on any device and
> also did not block you from recording them for personal use, that might
> give some competition.  On the other hand they probably could not
> deliver them over any of the standard delivery vehicles, since those
> were already sabotaged by the monopolies, and we would probably as a
> society have to develop a whole new way of financing the creation of the
> new movies and songs.  Hmmm...isn't there that thing called the
> Internet?

Tried that. The oligopolies conspired with the government to kill it. It
was Internet Radio:

"Internet Radio has been sentenced to death." -- Doc Searls

http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000196

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