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Posted by Monty Solomon on May 23, 2008, 10:29 pm
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May 19th, 2008
Microsoft's Masters: Whose Rules Does Your Media Center Play By?
Posted by Danny O'Brien
While its customers are still puzzling over why Vista Media Center is
suddenly refusing to record over-the-air NBC digital TV, Microsoft
has come out with an astounding admission, courtesy of Greg Sandoval
at CNet News:
"Microsoft included technologies in Windows based on rules set
forth by the (Federal Communications Commission)," a Microsoft
spokeswoman wrote in an e-mail to CNET News.com. "As part of these
regulations, Windows Media Center fully adheres to the flags used by
broadcasters and content owners to determine how their content is
distributed and consumed."
Microsoft's statement shines light on how Microsoft expects Media
Center to behave. If this is the company's explanation for what users
are seeing when attempting to record digital NBC broadcasts
over-the-air, then Microsoft is saying Vista obeys the broadcast
flag: a requirement rejected by courts and Congress.
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http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/05/microsofts-masters-whose-rules-does-your-media-cen
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