Ah stupid representatives....

So a couple of representatives have reitroduced the so called "Analog Hole" legislation. This bill basically outlaws DVR's or tuner cards for computers (the things that let you watch TV on your computer). The basic argument goes someone can take a digital signal (i.e. a DVD) convert it to Analog (any output of your DVD player) and record it back to digital (with the DVR or tuner card). For those of you that never hooked a DVD player up to a recording device, let me tell you what happens. The output is scrambled and garbled and generally looks worse than those scrambled porn channels. Because the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (and some regulation by the DVD player manufactures) already took care of this. Besides that Digital to Analog back to Digital kinda defeats the whole point. Its so much easier to take a DVD and some software and convert the DVD on the computer digital to digital. And basically that's what pirates are doing not this "Analog Hole" bullshit. Basically Hollywood is scared of TiVo and the like because your going to be watching your favorite TV show instead of that crappy remake of a remake that was only made 5 years ago but they have no fresh ideas movie.

So I'd recommend writing to your senators/representatives and let them know that this is a really freaking bad idea and we will come after them (or atleast not vote for them anymore) if they take away a legitimate technology and entertainment.