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FCC Considers Mandating HDTV Copy Protection

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the pay-to-play dept.

HeavenlyWhistler writes "The Washington Post reports that the FCC will make a ruling this month on whether or not to mandate that all HDTV receivers implement copy protection when a 'broadcast flag' is detected in the received television signal. Movie and TV studios are pushing for this in an attempt to limit consumers' home-recording rights. An October 8 article states that CBS, under orders from Viacom CEO Mel Karmazin, has threatened to stop all HDTV broadcasts unless the broadcast flag is approved. While the comment period on the proposal (Docket 02-230) is over, the FCC web site will still let you submit comments. The EFF also discusses this issue."

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  1. frosty piss by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    frosty piss!!! Oooh yeah!

  2. WOMEN ARE BITCHES.. FUCK 'Em! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This has nothing to do with anything remotely Slashdot related, but I need to do something before my head explodes...

    As I type this, my roomate and my best friend/recent lover are fucking in the next room over. WHAT THE FUCK. After 10 years of friendship and built-up sexual tension, we finally hooked up and now less than a week later she's banging my roomate. I am so fucking incensed right now I can't think straight. I wouldn't mind if they went to a hotel or otherwise didn't make it known, but she just FUCKING WALKED PAST MY ROOM TOPLESS AND SHUT THE DOOR IN MY FUCKING FACE. How fucking insensitive can you be?!

    This sucks. It's 3AM and I'm telling strangers (GEEK strangers, no less) about my personal problems. I am a big pussy and will most likely not say anything to either one of them so I expect this to go on for a while. Fuck.

    Feeling low? There's someone else out there that's having a worse day than you. Trust me.

  3. No wonder she's banging your roomate by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    You didn't even have the guts to tell her that what she's doing is fscked up.
    Or else it sounds like she's going thru some weird -ass personal problems and hooking up w/ you(and your room mate) is just her reaching out to anyone.

    There are a plenty of fish in the sea...catch another one - it'll probably be better.

  4. Re:YAUCOTDMCA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Unintended?

    Make that "Yet Another Allegedly Unintended Consequence Of The DMCA".