
The Internet Heist (Part I)
Podcast – Cory Doctorow's craphound.com
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Digital TV Tuners - What Every Computer Can Do
Cory doctor o: Any broadcast regulation that regulated digital t v tuners would actually regulate all computers. In early two thousand and two the m p a a convened a semi secret inter industry body to negotiate a mandatory standard for digital t v receivers. A powerful congressman, billy tosen, had promised them that whatever they came up with would have the force of law. Next week, i'll tell you how intel and the entertainment companies played the tack and electronics companies for suckers. I'll also tell you about the plot to plug the analogue hole, a k a the a hole affair.
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