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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm a little fuzzy on the details, but I think
actually it was ReplayTV -- TiVo's rival in the early years -- who had touted
the "Commercial Skip" feature. Go ahead and try and find one of their
products now! (Which may support your theory further...) ;)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-AJ</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=jima@beer.tclug.org href="mailto:jima@beer.tclug.org">Jima</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=richardvoigt@gmail.com
href="mailto:richardvoigt@gmail.com">richardvoigt@gmail.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A
title=dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk
href="mailto:dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk">dnsmasq discussion
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 14, 2007 11:34
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] GPL
v3</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>On Fri, 14 Sep 2007, <A
href="mailto:richardvoigt@gmail.com">richardvoigt@gmail.com</A>
wrote:<BR>>> It's regrettable that TiVo has been characterised as the
bad guy in all<BR>>> this. They're in a position of wanting to do the
right thing, but not having<BR>>> the option, because of constraints
dictated by the broadcasters (in no small<BR>>> part being dictated by
the content owners in turn).<BR>><BR>> I'd like to agree with you, but
I'm confused how TiVo is bound by these<BR>> dictates, but the several
fully open-source DVRs aren't. There's still<BR>> something missing
from this puzzle.<BR>><BR>> Perhaps it isn't "not having the option",
but giving up substantial<BR>> co-marketing funds, which their management
may consider to be equivalent.<BR><BR> Moreover, I think it's the fact
that no one (or at least no major <BR>companies, at least that I've seen) is
going out and marketing the <BR>open-source DVR solutions. If any come
up that don't jive well with the <BR>media companies' way of doing things,
they'll likely do everything in <BR>their power to fight that product, to
marginalize its use or capabilities. <BR>I suspect TiVo saw that response to
their (IIRC) first-gen "commercial <BR>skip" feature, and realized they had to
play nice or their product would <BR>find itself being useless real
quickly.<BR> Just a theory...<BR><BR>
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