Promoted as a way to foster digital television but derided as a halfhearted antipiracy measure that caters mainly to Hollywood, a new mechanism known as the “broadcast flag” has been adopted by the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC will require the copy-control measure to be built into all digital television-capable devices by July 1, 2005. The FCC adoption, approved unanimously with only partial dissent from two commissioners, is aimed at pushing the transition to digital TV by helping protect over-the-air content that otherwise might be captured, stored and redistributed over the Internet.
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FCC Forces Copy Control of Digital Broadcasts
Posted by: Jay Lyman November 5, 2003 02:46 PMPromoted as a way to foster digital television but derided as a halfhearted antipiracy measure that caters mainly to Hollywood, a new mechanism known as the “broadcast flag” has been adopted by the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC will require the copy-control measure to be built into all digital television-capable devices by July 1, 2005. The FCC adoption, approved unanimously with only partial dissent from two commissioners, is aimed at pushing the transition to digital TV by helping protect over-the-air content that otherwise might be captured, stored and redistributed over the Internet.