I was thinking the same thing. Don't tell the movie companies, can you imagine how many more previews they will add before each movie?

This is so they can sell your browser history while telling you they're not selling your browser history. It also makes it legal to sell you out after the government revokes the right to sell that crap in 4-8 years.

The unwashed masses wish to speak with each other in a public format. 80% of the unwashed masses are already on Facebook, so it's quite difficult for other social, semi-open services to get a foothold.

I feel exactly the same way. But corporations make the laws, we can't get around that. Format shifting can be moral and hell, if it doesn't make money, we're going to get screwed in the process.

Silicon dust makes some stand alone multi-tuner boxes that can save to a Windows share and work pretty well.

I'm using one with a Plex server.

The act of circumventing the DRM is illegal. That's why the "rip" otherwise they'd just call it copying your content to a device.

Most people are ready to accept that ripping is illegal but you're not going to get busted for ripping, you get busted for sharing.

I use Plex, but it's just about the same thing.

I have several hundreds of dvds including most of the useful Disney collection a ton of recorded TV and I have kids.

Instead of $40 a month in cable box rental, I rent a single $5 cable card and pay for a modest cable package. I also own a silicon dust tuner and couple of Roku devices.

Because all my content is on my own devices, I don't worry about shows being dropped or inaccessible. I don't worry about the shows leaving Netflix. I get to pick my stream speeds. If I need a 128kb Thomas the Tank Engine stream on an overburdened wifi at an airport with 6-hour delays to settle down 30 rowdy children, that's my superpower.

I funnel Youtube through a channel, my kid can watch approved content without being able to follow links to other less reputable content.

When we vacation and wind down at hotels, go on car trips, All my movies and tv show recordings are at my disposal.

Sure, I can add stuff I don't own, or share my content with others, but I don't really need to, I think cord shaving is a good place to be and if things get bad with net neutrality, I have some personal defense.
 

Here is a great post from Elon with background on tonight's launch: http://www.spacex.com/news/201...

Great job SpaceX! My wife and I kept the kids up to watch and we were cheering like we won the Super Bowl! Awesome!!!

Wonder what the average age distribution is on slashdot...

They already could be doing this without glass, The business is already doing this. Security footage makes it to the net every time something interesting happens.

You don't assume the business or the guy tapping away on his phone at the next table is recording you because he's not. There are far less glassholes than assholes who hate people for wearing glass.

It's back to the future, future year, WTH isn't every communication secure? It's not a problem with overhead anymore.

relevant XKCD http://xkcd.com/1357/

Right to free speech doesn't mean you can go around saying what you want without repercussions. It means the government can't stop you or hold it against you. Corporations can mostly do what they want minus some fairly flexible laws around eavesdropping and discrimination and a few other choice things.

Constitutional rights don't translate in to private corporation -> employee/customer rights
http://www.npr.org/templates/s...

"What most Americans generally don't know is that the Constitution doesn't apply to private corporations at all."

I forget about /. for a few years, come back and it just feels like home.... :)

They're still WAY better than lifehacker.

that and unlimited data has become a 4 letter word.