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BPDG Not Much Of A Threat?

Posted by timothy on from the keep-watching-that-henhouse dept.

Captn Pepe writes: "According to this article in the NY Times, the Broadcast Protection Discussion Group could be less dangerous to consumer freedoms than has been suggested, because they apparently can't agree on anything. As happened with SDMI and similar efforts by the content industry to cram restrictions into digital devices, 'the central stumbling block to arriving at a broad agreement on the proposal may simply have been a bid by the studios for too much control over carrying it out.'" Read below for a related but very different take on the state of the BPDG.

DigForFiles writes "It seems that the media companies and the tech companies may be near an agreement concerning fair use of digital broadcasts. Apparently the basic plan is FOX's and is to have broadcast programs be digitally flagged by the media guys and the tech guys are responsible for building all home digital recorders so that they recognize the flags. Consumers would be able to record the broadcasts for home use and data transfers within their local LAN but the flags would prohibit the transfer of recorded data outside the household. Thus they hope to prevent P2P networks from trading the broadcasts online while allowing fair use within the household. Some of the presentation material can be found here. The guys in charge, Copy Protection Technical Working Group, meet on 5 June for further discussions. A list of attendees can be found here (it's in Excel format)."

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  1. !!!GO USA!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Are we going to have the best soccer teams now also?

    I almost feel sorry for the rest of the world, we are kicking their ass in every political, social, education, and economic category..

    and now we are schooling them in their own sports? BAHAHAH!

    Whats left, world rugby and cricket champions?

    GO USA!

    1. Re:!!!GO USA!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      "I almost feel sorry for the rest of the world, we are kicking their ass in every political, social, education, and economic category.."


      In the political category?
      McCarthy, Nixon, Bush, Bush?

      Education?
      Once when I was lurking in a chatroom, I saw this guy was asking this woman from Texas, whether she was from east or west Texas. Her reply? "Uhm... I know this gonna sound stupid, but which is which?"

      Though I have to give you credit for the high rates of arrogance and ignorance (sometimes in anasty combination).
    2. Re:!!!GO USA!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I'm not a democrat. I'm not even an american (yes, there ARE other countries out there). I'm libertarian (too bad noone else is).

      Do you really think the ones I mentioned are any good?

      My favorites from american history are probably people like Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Lincoln, JFK. So I don't despise americans in general. I like most of those I've met, in fact. I just can't stand most conservatives.

      No country is perfect, not even USA.

  2. I'm afraid this is first post. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm afraid this is first post. Sorry.

  3. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    For Jessica Alba

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  5. ♫ First musical post! ♪ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This post is dedicated to Cynthia 'Plaster Caster' and all her dead homies. Thank you.

    1. Re:♫ First musical post! ♪ by Mr+F+J+Musical-Troll · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Well, bugger me. An accidently anonymous post.