Don't get me wrong, I actually agree with you. I was just a little surprised to see two senior forum members openly encouraging what is usually considered as piracy. There are other (lesser, obviously) forums that would have locked the thread at the mere mention of defeating macrovision.
I am aware of the video (and sometimes audio) problems that macrovision can cause even to legitimate viewers of live broadcasts.
Whilst I don't really disagree with your points in general, I can say that Filmflex, who run the Teleport service in question, are the people who have the contracts with the film studios and I am sure that it must be a condition of their contracts that all movies have macrovision applied. So they certainly haven't given up on macrovision, even if they have given up on enforcing the law behind it. My only fear about defeating macrovision would be that certain unscrupulous people could (and do) use it for purposes other than their own personal use. It's these people that drive up the prices and could potentially ruin what is an excellent and innovative service for the rest of us.
That's the only problem with general discussions like these on an open forum but then in this case the information is widely available elsewhere anyway.
Anyway, I'm rambling now so I'll get my coat.....