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Now imagine your Google TV examining what you're watching, and checking that you're correctly licensed to view it.

Since that's not among the features of Google TV, why not just say FutureTV instead? Or indeed TiVo or your DirectTV set-top box? I'm sure this was not your intention but you might be unfairly giving the impression that GoogleTV is anti-user, when in fact there is no evidence that this is the case.

My set-top box already does that.

I'd be worried to have such functionality baked into a mainstream OS. That'd definitely be a deal breaker for me.

It doesn't compute to me that a feature you call a deal-breaker can be found in a device you already own, but ok.

Sorry, I guess I should have been more specific. I don't have much of a choice when it comes to my set-top box. I was thinking more along the lines of desktop operating systems. At this point, OSX/Linux/Windows are roughly replacements for each other (Linux/Windows moreso than OSX/Windows), and such a "feature" in one would give me great reason to migrate to another.

Then again, if there was an application/feature that was a must have for me in said OS, I might stay anyway. It's not an absolute.

I wasn't talking about any Google TV project in particular, but about a hypothetical one 5-15 years in the future.

Because Google is the one that is closest to having the code and data to make it happen. However, I bet it is more likely to happen on an AppleTV first. They have a stronger history of kowtowing to the media industry (and, boy, it has worked well for them!).

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