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Bill Would Outlaw Digital Receiver Recorders

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the but-i-like-mine-so-much dept.

mjdroner writes "ZD-Net has the latest on a sweeping telecom bill in the Senate. The bill provides no support for net neutrality. The bill does, however, include a provision to authorize the FCC to outlaw digital receivers that record broadcasts. The article states that those receivers would be replaced with devices that treat anything with an audio broadcast flag as copy-protected."

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  1. Bill again! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bill Would Outlaw Digital Receiver Recorders

    Is there anything Bill wouldn't either outlaw or make compulsory? I'm getting really sick of that guy.

  2. Re:New equipment for free? by slashname3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    If/when they come knocking on my door looking for my mythtv box they will wish they had confiscated the guns first. Without doing that first it will be much more dangerous to try and confiscate the electronics.