Prepare to get screwed by digital rights management

Prepare to get screwed by digital rights management

I have already whined about the Broadcast Flag, but I was not aware that HBO has already started encrypting its digital broadcasts.

I'm not sure if our elected representatives will jump on this before it makes headlines, or if they will wait until after Christmas when their constituients spend hundreds of hours trying to figure out why they can't burn DVD's on their new DVR/DVD combo unit...

"...Turns out that a couple of days ago, HBO started encrypting all of
its programs with CGMS-A. They allow you to "copy" a program that you
record from their signal once. The trouble is that they consider that
one-time copy to be recording the program onto your hard drive, not
taking it from the hard drive to a DVD. THAT SUCKS OUT LOUD and I am
extremely angry, as you can imagine. The files are HUGE and, even though
I have a 200 gb hard drive, I can't keep them there forever..."
Welcome to 1984 (ever read the book?)...