There is a major problem in implementing these broadcast flags as new DVDs that implement this flag cannot be played back on existing DVD players and most digital TV sets, thus consumers will need new upgrades or equipment to playback 'flagged' content. Television-set set makers hope to implement the necessary equipment in their TV sets to support the broadcast flag on TVs from next year.
Bane wrote: It sounds like the limitations are justified. It sounds like it wouldn't limit "fair use" of the stuff though, so it's not going to limit my ability to make a copy and watch it in any room I want to. Only bad thing is that I'll need to buy new hardware.
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The Federal Communications Commission will likely adopt rules that will allow programmers to attach a code to digital broadcasts that will in most cases bar consumers from sending copies of popular shows around the world, said the officials, who declined to be identified. The approval, expected as early as next week, are intended as another step along the long road to higher-quality, crisper digital signals, which have been slow in coming because of worries about piracy, high-priced equipment and limited programming. An agency spokeswoman declined to comment on when the five commissioners would vote on the issue. Consumer advocates have warned that consumers will have to buy new DVD players if they want to play programs that have been recorded on machines that recognize the digital "flag." But agency officials stressed that that always happens when new technology hits the market. "It will simply prevent consumers from illegal piracy, from mass distribution over the Internet, which is the problem with the music file sharing," Kenneth Ferree, head of the FCC's media bureau, said. The music industry has been plagued over the last few years with consumers illegally sharing and copying songs over the Internet, which has led the recording industry to sue music downloaders for damages up to 0,000 per song. Consumers will still be able to make unlimited copies of their favorite shows and watch them in various rooms of their homes, but they will not be able to send them over unsecured networks until protections are established, the officials said. |
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Just like copy-protected CD's the people following the law most of the time can't get them to play right in their cars, and their computers but the pirates have no problem at all.
[edited by chsbiking on 23.10.2003 02:26]
Lets see....I am paying taxes to implement laws, that support technology, to cause me to have to buy new equipment, that will "allow" me to drive myself nuts!
I knew I was going to go to hell. But I always thought I was going to die first.
Instead, they should be selling Stereo/Video - Player combo units with the content directly built-in the device, with no external connections. That way, they can make it just a little harder for people to violate copyright laws, because you would have to get a new unit for every movie or album you wanted to see or hear.
The only flag those greedy bastards better start thinking about is a white flag. People are not going to go out and buy all new tv set just to watch the new dvds. Imangine spending 10 grand on a new Plasma screen then they say now you got to buy this new one to watch the new Terminator 4 dvd. Ya right.
As for the Pirating "they'll be back"
