>> Danny Burste>>> Nope. He was just given given advance warning. New recording equipment
>>> is supposed to recognize a "do not record" flag that gets sent
>>> over-the-air along with the signal. Periodically a couple of the
>> Except that it isn't sent over the air, and the flag is part of their
>> licensing agreement with macrovision. Cable one was just passing along >> FUD.
> Not FUD. The flag is sent over the air, and it has nothing to do with > Macrovision.
> Unfortunately, Hollywood pulled a hold-up. It threatened to derail the
> DTV transition by withholding "high-value content" from over-the-air
> DTV, unless the FCC imposed "content protection" (aka DRM) on all
> future televisions and related devices. The idea was that content
> owners would implant a "broadcast flag" into DTV programming. When
> devices detect the flag, they have to "protect" (i.e., lock up in DRM
> jail) the programming.
> Sadly, the FCC bought it. Thanks to an FCC ruling, as of July 2005,
> it will be illegal to manufacture or import DTV tuners unless they
> include DRM technologies mandated by the FCC.
> See more at:formatting link
But if you read the FCC documents about it, they make it clear that anyone with a little technical knowledge can easily defeat the DRM functions.
The courts are going to slap down on the FCC anyhow. First they pushed the V-Chip, now the DRM. I can see the FCC devolving into what it should have been in the first place, a bandwidth manager.