“…At a meeting on Thursday morning (08/08/2002), the FCC’s commissioners are expected to approve a set of proposed regulations that eventually would implant anti-copying technology into the next generation of digital TV receivers. The FCC’s draft rules, according to a government official who has seen them, cover a range of proposed regulations, including a way to mark transmissions with a “broadcast flag” to designate shows that should not be copied freely. Full details about the proposal aren’t expected to be released until a few days after the FCC’s meeting, probably next week. But consumer groups are already girding themselves for the bureaucratic equivalent of trench warfare against the entertainment industry.
“‘Right now, I can digitally record a news program in my living room, then watch that recording in another room, or in my office, or at my friend’s house,’ said Chris Murray, an attorney at Consumers Union, which publishes the magazine Consumer Reports. ‘Will the FCC’s rulemaking guarantee that I’ll continue to be able to do this in the future?’
“Hollywood’s lobbyists view government intervention as necessary to limit Internet piracy of high-quality digital content, which they fear could become commonplace after a scheduled 2006 deadline for over-the-air television to be broadcast in digital form…”
Pick your source:
- CNET’s News.com: FCC wades into digital TV, piracy debate
- CNET’s News.com, special report: Lights, Camera, Legislation: Hollywood sets stage for piracy battle with PC industry
- CNET’s News.com, previous story: FCC tunes in to digital TV issues
- ZDNet News: Hollywood stages piracy showdown
- CNN: FCC poised to act on digital TV: Potential plan involves implementing tuners by 2004
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC): Meeting Agenda: THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 2002
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