[dvd-discuss] So what is SonicBlue selling? DO I have to use to use thespyware?

["Michael A Rolenz" <Michael.A.Rolenz(at)aero.org>]

http://www.sonicblue.com/video/replaytv/replaytv_4000_tech.asp

SONICblue  reserves the right to automatically add, modify, or disable any
features in the operating software when your ReplayTV 4000
connects to our server.

http://www.sonicblue.com/video/replaytv/replaytv_4000_faq.asp#13

 Q. What does the free ReplayTV
 service provide?
 A. The ReplayTV service doesn't
 require a monthly service fee for
 operation. It provides your custom
 channel guide data and
 myreplaytv.com for programming your
 ReplayTV while away from home over
 the Internet

OK so what is RePlayTV selling me? I purchased the unit. I OWN it yet they 
reserve the right to modify it without my permission and under the guise 
of giving me free monthy channel guides.

Here's a subversive question...what would be the legal status of someone 
who modified his computer to search for and block the courts's directed 
spyware program to return NOTHING or a note stating that the information 
request has been blocked? Or what if somebody patches the executable to 
eliminate the spyware? Are they in contempt of court? Or suppose somebody 
finds a security flaw in the SonicBlue spyware and modifies it to do 
something nasty?