Gerald R. Lucas » criminal http://grlucas.net English Professor, New Media Specialist Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:34:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 More Criminal Behavior http://grlucas.net/2008/12/03/more-criminal-behavior/ http://grlucas.net/2008/12/03/more-criminal-behavior/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:28:18 +0000 Gerald Lucas http://grlucas.net/?p=1343 Yes, we, the viewing public, are truly criminals. I mean, we must be to be treated this way.

Tonight, I got an interesting flag on a TiVo recording. I never watch Law & Order, but I received a text message that Katee Sakhoff would be a guest star. (OK, so I get texts about Battlestar Galactica. Sue me.) Anywho, the TiVo web site informs me that “the content can be recorded and viewed for 90 minutes after transmission, and is not transferrable. Content disappears from the Now Playing list after 90 minutes.” 90 minutes?! Why? Really, why? And while we’re at it, can you tell me why, when I rent a movie digitally do I only get 24 hours to watch it? Why? Seriously.

Greedy. Paranoid. Desperate. When will you folks realize that we, the fans of your shows, are not criminals? Go ahead: keep shooting yourselves in the foot. The more restrictions you put on your precious content the more you encourage criminal behavior.

Seriously. Think about it.

Update

Well, when I started to watch the recording, I got a warning that I only had 49 minutes left to watch it, and the show is 59 minutes. When I hit the button to start playing, I get the following.

Well, NBC, you’ve convinced me: I will never watch Law & Order again. Way to go. You win.

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