Appellate Court Strikes FCC's Anti-Piracy Rules

["David Farber" <dave () farber net>]

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Subject:        Appellate Court Strikes FCC's Anti-Piracy Rules
Author: Barry Ritholtz <britholtz () maximgrp com>
Date:           6th May 2005 11:04:38 am

FYI:   Appellate Court Strikes FCC's Anti-Piracy Rules

May 6, 2005 10:57 a.m.
A federal appellate court Friday invalidated federal regulations that require makers of TV sets to equip them with 
technology that prevents digital broadcast signals from being redistributed.
Ruling in a case brought by the American Library Association, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit said the 
Federal Communications Commission had overstepped its authority in trying to regulate how consumers can use their TV 
sets after they receive broadcasts.
The case involves something called the "broadcast flag," a slight digital modification to a broadcast digital TV 
signal, one that wouldn't affect picture quality but would prevent a recording of the show from being uploaded to the 
Internet.
The FCC, after strong lobbying from the Motion Picture Association of America, ordered it into place two years ago. By 
July 1, as part of the FCC rule, all video-recording equipment sold in the U.S. -- for instance DVD players and digital 
video recorders, including those on PCs -- must support the flag.





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