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Originally Posted by ken0042
What they are refering to there is something known as broadcast flags. Broadcast Flags are designed to keep people from skipping comercials.
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Actually, those quotes are the Sony v. Universal Studios decision from the Supreme Court of the US.
The Motion Picture Assiciation of America attempted to sue Sony for selling the Betamax because it would allow widespread copying of copyrighted content.
The Supreme court agreed with Sony that the ability of the general public to record shows to watch at a later date (which they referred to as timeshifting) was allowed within the fair use provisions of the copyright act, and as such the VCR as we know it was allowed to be sold.
Its funny, the Studios make made more money of the sale of VCR Movies than they did for many theatre releases, yet at teh time it was introduced they tried to kill off the technology. Now they are once again trying to kill off the new technology.
And timeshifting is both the definitions previously listed, recording for later viewing OR for viewing a program in a different timezone not readily available. But the original meaning came from recording a show for later viewing.
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Time shifting is the recording of television shows to some storage medium to be viewed at a time more convenient to the consumer.
In cable television broadcasting, time shifting may also refer to the availability of network affiliates from different time zones, serving a similar function of making television programs available at multiple times throughout the day.
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