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Will We Need A SmartCard to Watch Digital TV?

Posted by timothy on Monday December 16, 2002 @08:43AM from the max-headroom dept.

An anonymous reader writes "This story on EE Times points out that Hollywood and major electronics manufacturers are in agreement on a SmartCard requirement for digital video interconnectivity. Note that the article talks about them 'closing the analog hole.'"

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I'm all for it... by kevlar · 2002-12-16 09:09 · Score: 1, Offtopic

One thing that annoys the hell out of me are people who do not pay for their Cable/Dish TV. Regardless of how incompetent the cable company may be, there are alternatives and there is simply no excuse for stealing cable. This has nothing to do with copy-control.