Hi Everyone. Well, after 15 years the RV-Dreams Community Forum is coming to an end. Since it began in August 2005, we've had 58 Million page views, 124,000 posts, and we've spent about $15,000 to keep this valuable resource for RVers free and open. But since we are now off the road and have settled down for the next chapter of our lives, we are taking the Forum down effective June 30, 2021. It has been a tough decision, but it is now time.
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It is possible that Sunday night, March 1st, the satellite carriers, such as Direct TV, may be forced to turn off DNS service. That is, for example, the delivery of the broadcast network service from CBS, Fox, ABC, etc. from the New York or LA stations that is broadcast nationwide to “mobile people” like those in RV’s. (If you don’t know what DNS or “distant” service means, you most likely don’t have it, so not to worry. This has nothing to do with your “local” stations delivered by satellite.)
This is due to the Senate adjourning today, February 26th, and not acting on an extension of the law allowing DNS (in so many words.)
This is NOT the fault of the local broadcasters, nor the satellite providers; just our Senators.If this happens it will be short lived, but nonetheless I thought I would give you a heads-up.
BTW, we’ll have a seminar at the rally explaining some of this “RV–TV” / DNS “stuff” for those interested.
Here is the flash that alerted me.“NAB” is the National Association of Broadcasters – working to get this “fixed” - in spite of the Senate’s inaction.
***** IMPORTANT LEGAL NOTICE ***** As unbelievable as it may be, the Senate has adjourned without extending or renewing the existing satellite home viewer act. That means as of midnight this Sunday, satellite carriers will not have a compulsory copyright license to retransmit distant broadcast signals. (Local into local satellite delivery of local signals is not affected--that service can, by law, continue.)
NAB is trying to coordinate with the satellite carriers at this very moment to see what they plan to do. When Congress returns next week, the act will likely be renewed, but that could take several days, and in the meantime the satellite carriers may elect to shut down their distant signal broadcast service. If they do not, they run the risk of substantial copyright infringement exposure from copyright holders. No doubt when Congress returns, the Congressional leadership will likely try to make the statutory copyright law retroactive. Whether that will succeed remains to be seen.
The NAB staff is working at the moment to try to determine what the satellite carriers will do.
