Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

New Bill Threatens to Plug "Analog Hole"

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the information-wants-to-be-encrypted dept.

ThinSkin writes "In an effort to encourage consumers to embrace digital content, The Electronic Frontier Foundation is fighting a bill that would restrict owners of analog devices from recording analog content. For instance, if a fan wishes to tape a Baseball game on his VCR, the VCR would re-encode the content of that game and convert it into a digital form, which would then be filled with right restrictions and so forth. The process would be driven by VRAM (Veil Rights Assertion Mark), a technology that stamps analog content with DRM schemes."

2 of 374 comments (clear)

  1. Dupity Dupe by kernel_dan · · Score: 5, Informative

    Dupe. But I do like the information-wants-to-be-encrypted dept.

    --

    Illegal? Samir, This is America.
  2. To be debated yesterday... by MLopat · · Score: 5, Informative

    Gee thanks. From the article "The Analog Content Security Preservation Act of 2005 is scheduled to be debated in a U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property on Thursday."

    So how about a news article discussing the first round of debates?
    Here's a link to the bill.