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Listed below are comments made by TerenceEden between Wednesday, 23rd April 2008 and Tuesday, 22nd September 2009.

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Freeview HD Copy Protection Update 3:58pm on 22 Sep 2009 How do I get access to my the decryption keys? I want to build my own FreeViewHD receiver.

Serious question - or are hobbyists and small manufacturers going to be excluded? Will I be able to watch FreeViewHD on MythTV?

You and I both know that "allows one HD copy to be made" is false. Once one copy can be made, so can another and another and another. There has never been a copy-protection scheme that hasn't been cracked.

We all know this - so why haven't the people who insist on "Content Protection" understood this simple point?

I'm in two minds... Go ahead, put on some weak copy-protection, give us a month to crack it and we can go back to normal. Or should we make a stand now against the thin end of the wedge?
A Christmas Present from the HD Channel! 08:56am on 18 Dec 2008 What a fascinating post. I've often wondered why we don't have something similar on FreeView. Surely a static image and an explanatory voice over wouldn't take up too much bandwidth?

Can you imagine - going round to relatives' houses and not seeing some horrific 4:3 zoomed, over saturated picture....
BBC iPlayer Mobile Downloads & DRM 10:49am on 15 Oct 2008 What's interesting to me is the fact that rights holders insist on DRM for mobile devices - but not for "fixed" devices.

FreeView and Satellite are DRM free. Most of the PVRs on the market will allow me to record SD or HD material and place shift it. From there, if I really want, I can make it mobile.

The BBC has been very vocal about not having encryption on mainstream broadcasts. It allows multiple manufacturers to create receivers without having to pay huge licensing fees. Something not possible with DRM.

But this doesn't happen on mobile. Why?

From a technical perspective, the BBC could make 320*240 3GP files available which would play on every phone. But then, people could share content for free and - so the argument goes - rights holders would lose money.

Except... Is there any evidence that happens? I'll bet that everyone has borrowed a VHS or DVD recorded from an off-air source. What's the difference with digital content?

A DVD recorded from FreeView will be higher quality and - presumably - more valuable than a low-resolution copy for mobile. But there are no restrictions on DVD recorders.

Is it a case that rights-holders need to be shown that there's more value in making things DRM free - cheaper to make the content available, wider distribution, fewer technical problems - and that DRM is very easy to break?

Or is there something else at work here?

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Location, location, location 11:00am on 09 Jul 2008 It's not about telling [Advertisers|Corporations|Shops] where you are. It's about *knowing* where you are. From there, you can choose to see bars and gigs. Or maybe just a good restaurant.

Invaluable if you're in an unfamiliar city and you want to see a friendly face or go to a "known good" venue.
Watching you, watching YouTube 12:22pm on 04 Jul 2008 Google has a UK presence. It is important that they obey the laws of the UK - including the Data Protection act.

If you care about your privacy, and you don't want your information being disseminated in this way - I recommend asking the Information Commissioner to get involved.

Explain your fears here
http://www.ico.gov.uk/ESDWebPages/GenEnq.asp

Just because you've done nothing wrong - doesn't mean that Viacom will treat you fairly.
How to Say: Chinese names 10:11pm on 15 May 2008 "ma" can also indicate that the statement was a question. "Ni hao ma?" literally, "You good?" is equivalent to "How are you?".

This means you can have the wonderful sentence "mama ma ma ma?" meaning "Is mother scolding the horse?"
The Apple tease 10:55am on 15 May 2008 @londonitis, #12 - you can develop apps for the Blackberry. It runs JavaME so loads of apps for other phones run on it. Do a quick search and you'll see thousands of applications.
Boating glory 10:28am on 15 May 2008 How can we follow you on twitter?
Being Digital 10:16am on 23 Apr 2008 I wonder how a folksonomy fits in to this? My TiVo already records shows based on specific keywords in the EPG description (director, actor) and the programme description ("Huw Edwards looks at potato farming in Wales").

Imagine a del.icio.us for EPG...

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