Now it's going to be compulsory to watch ads

[SuperSparks]

Unbelievable :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=19801

[jmtjet]

The sad part is us folks over here have elected these jerks.

[MaFia JaK]

ya i heard that on the news. that would be the same as making tv so u cant change the channel when commercials are on. its the same thing........ridiculous.

[usil]

I'd love to see them stop anyone fast forwarding in their own homes.

This could (and probably will) eventually lead to higher prices of DVDs.

[crunchie]

Originally posted by usil
I'd love to see them stop anyone fast forwarding in their own homes.

All they need do is legislate against the FF function. :D

[usil]

I somehow doubt that the Korean, Japanese, Chinese will stop making a FF button. Or maybe they will make DVD players without the FF button only for the Americans. In that case, I don't mind :D

[crunchie]

As long as they don't come near us Aussies, I'm fine with that too :D.

[Triple7's]

You have been tried and convicted of skipping commercials.
You are hereby sentenced to TV jail and must watch a minimum of 100 commercials per day for the next 20 years.
There's your tax dollars at work for ya :rolleyes:
The TiVo people are going to get screwed one way or the other.
Regaurdless of what congress does, they're going to start tossing "pop=up" ads into their programming.
Those people signed a contract, pay a service fee, only to have the rules changed in the middle of the game.
What a farce!
If I had one, it would be out at the corner on trash pickup day.

[usil]

Originally posted by Triple7's
Regaurdless of what congress does, they're going to start tossing "pop=up" ads into their programming.

So does that mean we can look forward to google pop-up blocker TV version?

[techallenged]

How long before they try and make pop-up blockers and other anti-advertisment software illegal?

[MaFia JaK]

they are not going to stop putting the FF function on the DVD players, they are just gonna make that an "illegal operation" on the dvd itself during the previews and ads.

i say we just get as many people as we can to boycott buying and renting dvds

googleTV bar i see it coming soon lol as well as spyvision

[DrMDJ]

It'll never happen. But then again, some of the ads are better than some of movies/shows out there.:D

[Triple7's]

Maybe, maybe not.
Point is it's even an issue at all.
Money talks, BS walks.
Clark Howard, a well known consumer advocate, has been talking about this for weeks. I listen to the guy often on KPAM radio out of Portland, via WarpRadio on-line. (news\talk\info section) He's got a three hour show on weekdays and really knows his stuff. He's usually got this type of info weeks ahead of any press releases. He also talks about saving money, legal advice, scams, etc. Very informative.

[NoBoB]

Originally posted by usil
I somehow doubt that the Korean, Japanese, Chinese will stop making a FF button. Or maybe they will make DVD players without the FF button only for the Americans. In that case, I don't mind :D The same Korean, Japanese, and Chinese companies that make the players with the backdoors in the firmware that lets you disable the MacroVision and the region coding? Yeah, I'm pretty concerned about them disabling FF :D

[Divergent Species]

Apparantly this provision has been stripped from the bill. They also did not make it a criminal offense to download or share music files on the internet, although you can still be sued by the royalty holders. They did make it a criminal offense to pirate movies at showings and further distribute them. With all of the problems in our country and the world, I feel so much better that our elected representatives found the time to protect poor Hollywood.