Comments on: HBO Exec thinks it’s all in a name. http://makesitgood.net/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.makesitgood.net%2F2007%2F05%2F10%2Fhbo-exec-thinks-its-all-in-a-name&seed_title=HBO+Exec+thinks+it%26%238217%3Bs+all+in+a+name. Making things good since 1999 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:50:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Joe http://makesitgood.net/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.makesitgood.net%2F2007%2F05%2F10%2Fhbo-exec-thinks-its-all-in-a-name&seed_title=HBO+Exec+thinks+it%26%238217%3Bs+all+in+a+name./comment-page-1#comment-57666 Joe Sun, 11 Jan 2009 03:40:17 +0000 http://www.makesitgood.net/2007/05/10/hbo-exec-thinks-its-all-in-a-name/#comment-57666 I recently subscribed to HBO via DirecTV. I own a DVR box and started recording movies. When I tried to copy them to DVD because I have an 80 hour box (filled with 3 1/2 hour football games among other things), I encountered the copy protection problem. Seems it's OK to record them once (either on a DVR, DVD, VHS, etc) but not to record them again (in my case from DVR to DVD to watch a week, month, etc, later). I have movies I recorded in the exact manner (from HBO to DVR to DVD) 2 years ago when it was allowable that I still have not watched. I had a free 3 month subscription to HBO when I signed up for DirecTV. This is insane. I could set my DVR (satellite box) to change to a channel at a specific time and record the program directly to the DVD, but obviously can only do that once per night when I'm sleeping, or once during the day when I'm at work. What's the difference? You hit the nail on the head. It won't stop pirates, but it does provide a ton of inconvenience to legitimate viewers. I recently subscribed to HBO via DirecTV. I own a DVR box and started recording movies. When I tried to copy them to DVD because I have an 80 hour box (filled with 3 1/2 hour football games among other things), I encountered the copy protection problem. Seems it’s OK to record them once (either on a DVR, DVD, VHS, etc) but not to record them again (in my case from DVR to DVD to watch a week, month, etc, later).

I have movies I recorded in the exact manner (from HBO to DVR to DVD) 2 years ago when it was allowable that I still have not watched. I had a free 3 month subscription to HBO when I signed up for DirecTV.

This is insane. I could set my DVR (satellite box) to change to a channel at a specific time and record the program directly to the DVD, but obviously can only do that once per night when I’m sleeping, or once during the day when I’m at work. What’s the difference?

You hit the nail on the head. It won’t stop pirates, but it does provide a ton of inconvenience to legitimate viewers.

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