ronpin
Imagine Reality
join:2002-12-06
Nirvana
 ·AT&T Southwest
3 edits | Wow -- He's going down to the man soon
Yeah -- anyone taking bet's here on the date he get's unplugged?
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At this point, intellectual property lawyers are supposed to start reaching for their telephones to call Canada, but it won't do any good because all this content is perfectly legal and here's how. With the exception of local channels, which come from an antenna, all of Andrew's video content comes from a C-band (big dish) satellite receiver (receivers, actually), and is fully paid for. "I buy the channels just like a cable system does or a motel that wants to offer HBO, from the National Programming Service," says Andrew. "And as a result I pay wholesale prices. People don't realize how much of a markup there in is the cable business. The Discovery Networks, for example, cost me $0.26 per customer per month. The IP laws in both the U.S. and Canada say that if I have legal access to this content I can store and use it. And the over-the-air channels, of course, are free."
Even-so, I say the Man "Gonna git 'em"
(edit) The "must carry" laws in the US would force him to also pay for all local channels -- like it or not. Let's not forget local "franchise" requirements as well. Yeah they'll get him on something |
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joebear29
join:2003-07-20
Alabaster, AL
| I could not help but wonder what the legal rights were on distributing recorded content. Ie, I pay to distribute HBO, does that mean I can offer up every movie ever played on HBO on demand to my subscribers, or do I have to show the channel as it is broafcast?
I would have thought you would have to show the basic feed, but I could be misunderstanding. |
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hescominsoon
join:2003-02-18
Brunswick, MD | reply to ronpin
As long as he keeps paying for the content(which he is doing right now) he can do what he is doing for as long as he wishes.
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deadi
Premium
join:2001-08-26
Perry, OH
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Why can VOOM, a satelite provider that claims 35 Hi-Def channels give you a Hi-Def antena to mount on your house and say "here is your local channels". As I understand it, they dont provide local over the dish they give you.
Correct me if wrong, airwaves is airwaves.
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deadi
Premium
join:2001-08-26
Perry, OH | reply to ronpin
Who is he using or buying wholesale from? just curious....
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hurleyp
join:2000-06-20
Ottawa, ON
 ·Rogers Hi-Speed
1 edit | reply to joebear29
Technically it is illegal for Canadians to watch HBO as that channel is not officially sanctioned by the federal authority (CRTC) that is essentially in charge of maintaining Canadian cultural purity. Along with the evil HBO are the Disney Channel, ESPN, Comedy Central, MovieMax, Fox News and many more. Forgive me if I cry no tears if/when this product renders the CRTC completely irrelevant. 
What's really cool IMO is the use of that Sharp handheld as a thin client. Talk about thin! |
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SpitefulCrow
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Premium
join:2003-06-04
Berkeley, CA
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Satellite providers legally can't rebroadcast local streams.
And you can't receive the local broadcasts with your dish transceiver because a) it's oriented wrong and b) it's probably the wrong size antenna to catch the wavelengths used for VHF/UHF. |
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totamak
And they call me nuts?
join:2000-10-24
Los Angeles, CA
·DSL EXTREME
| Actually they can, but they must retransmit ALL or NOTHING. So they can offer "local" but they can't cherry pick a particular set of stations, they must carry all VHF locals in all markets they serve.
Since they are HDTV focused, the "must carry" rule is likely that they must carry HDTV locals if they do carry. Now in a market like LA where there are about eight HD locals (CBS, NBC, WB, ABC, Fox, UPN, PBS, and KCAL-9 HD) and several ATSC standard def digitals - that would be a huge slam on their capacity. (Those ATSC standard-def are digital equivalents of UHF band content, they may not have to be carried)
So it's smart on VOOM's part not to carry locals. |
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glmclell
join:2000-10-17
Manistee, MI
clubs:
·Charter Pipeline
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said by ronpin  :
Even-so, I say the Man "Gonna git 'em"
I agree 100%... I'm sure the mpaa has a team working on the 'problem' ... Sovereign Nation and all, Canada and her citizens are not completely immune to greedy American companies.
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