The broadcast flag returns

Posted by tuxchick on Oct 30, 2005 12:56 AM EDT
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...the broadcast flag regulations... would require that reception equipment honor a "do not copy" bit in a digital signal...Happily, a federal court threw out the broadcast regulation last May, ruling that the FCC was not authorized to regulate what a piece of equipment does with a signal after reception... The return of the broadcast flag was inevitable; the commercial interests behind this sort of regulation never give up that easily - or at all. Even so, the return of the broadcast flag has been surprisingly quick.

[Ed.- you can't turn your back on these buggers for even a second!]

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This is why I don't like digital TV mvermeer 3 1,785 Oct 31, 2005 6:32 AM

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