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Tauzin Sets 2006 Deadline For Digital TV Signals

Posted by timothy on from the mmmm-mercantilism dept.

randomErr writes "Yahoo! News says that 'Television broadcasters would be required to switch entirely to digital, copy-protected signals by January 2006, under a proposal released on Thursday by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Billy Tauzin.'"

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  1. A comprimise? by stefanlasiewski · · Score: 4, Insightful

    (... sometime in the last 5 years ...)

    TV Network owners: We won't upgrade our equipment to digital, because it's too damn expensive, and people won't switch the new TV's because they're too damn expensive

    Government: Well, what if we added this new copyright protection scheme as a comprimise. Would you upgrade your equipment if we included copyright protection?

    TV Network: Deal!

    --
    "Can of worms? The can is open... the worms are everywhere."
  2. So now the masks are off by sdjunky · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So now the whole mask of "we want to use the bandwidth" is off and it's in plain sight that they only want this for anti-piracy.

    At least they're coming out and saying that they're interested in the restrictions of consumer rights.

    Can't wait for the Supreme Court to get a case of somebody who is suing the government for destroying their fair use rights.