Specifically, they want their programming to be unrecordable by DVRs. Not because of piracy, but because they want to be able to charge you more to watch that episode you missed using their on-demand service.

This is why ideas like the Broadcast Flag must be strangled in their crib. It’s an affront to consumers and a blatant money grab by content producers. HBO is doing very well; they make some of the only TV worth watching, and are able to do so because people like the Heathen are willing to pay them directly to watch it (i.e., rather than being beholden to advertisers). We’re very sad to see that their point of view is no more progressive than the jackasses at the regular networks.