RPG Advocate
Critical Thinker
- Joined
- Sep 19, 2002
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The FCC comment filing period for proposed new HDTV copy-protection standards is almost over. This would force all HDTV content providers to implement a "broadcast flag" in their digital signal, and force all HDTV manufacturers to include copy protection technology in their HDTV sets that would prevent the copying of certain programming, even for personal use.
I thought our fair use rights were clearly established back in the 80s, but you wouldn't know it from the rantings of our favorite anti-consumer organizations, the RIAA and MPAA (mostly the MPAA in this case). Just like with so-called "uncopyable CDs", the mandated copy protection on HDTV will be broken within days of it being on the market, and pirates will be happily bootlegging, while the honest consumer is left fewer rights than before. Oh! And don't even THINK about circumventing the copy protection to exercise your fair use rights. That's a DMCA violation.
Speak out against this onerous new standard here
I thought our fair use rights were clearly established back in the 80s, but you wouldn't know it from the rantings of our favorite anti-consumer organizations, the RIAA and MPAA (mostly the MPAA in this case). Just like with so-called "uncopyable CDs", the mandated copy protection on HDTV will be broken within days of it being on the market, and pirates will be happily bootlegging, while the honest consumer is left fewer rights than before. Oh! And don't even THINK about circumventing the copy protection to exercise your fair use rights. That's a DMCA violation.
Speak out against this onerous new standard here
