Broadcast flag rears vile head, bars viewer from recording

"As soon as I hit record—a big blue box popped up and stated, 'Unable to record—copyright broadcast'," he wrote to us. "This was all the way through the 9pm showing and the 10pm showing CST. I repeatedly kept trying, I emailed [DirecTV's] support and they stated [networks] can do as they please."

Complete story here - http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/broadcast-flag-rears-vile-head-bars-viewer-from-recording.ars

I've been telling people for quite some time that this was coming...

Its all for your protection, and offers the studios the chance to send unlimited, high quality productions into your home. :(:(:(:(:(:(:(

Its all for your protection, and offers the studios the chance to send unlimited, high quality productions into your home. :(:(:(:(:(:(:(

Yeah, right, I really believe that...