CDT Headline: FCC Approves Content Protection Systems

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>
Date: August 8, 2004 1:40:48 PM EDT
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Subject: CDT Headline: FCC Approves Content Protection Systems

FCC Approves Content Protection Systems

The Federal Communications Commission today approved 13 content 
protection technologies under its new broadcast flag rules for digital 
television (DTV), including a controversial proposal by TiVo. TiVo's 
system would allow consumers to view recorded programs from any of 9 
devices they register. Under the flag rules, DTV receivers sold after 
July 2005 will have to include one of the approved technologies to 
protect programs from indiscriminate redistribution online. Today's 
approvals were a victory for consumers, but concerns remain about the 
use of the flag rules to stifle innovative new uses of television in 
the digital age. August 04, 2004

All Eyes on TiVo: The Broadcast Flag and the Internet [PDF], July 26, 
2004:
http://www.cdt.org/copyright/20040726tivoflag.pdf

CDT's Broadcast Flag Introduction:
http://www.cdt.org/copyright/broadcastflag/introduction.shtml

Implications of the Broadcast Flag: A Public Interest Primer, March 12, 
2004:
http://www.cdt.org/copyright/031216broadcastflag.pdf


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