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In Japan, a Battle Brewing Over the Right To Record 4k and 8k Broadcasts (itmedia.co.jp)
AmiMoJo writes: Japanese broadcasters have indicated that 4k and 8k broadcasts may have recording disabled via a 'do not copy' flag [via Google Translate], which receivers would be expected to obey. Now the Internet Users Association (MIAU) and Shufuren (Housewives Federation) have submitted documentation opposing the ban. The document points out that the ban will only inconvenience the majority of the general audience, while inevitably failing to prevent unauthorized copying by anyone determined to circumvent the protection.
And, once again broadcasters and copyright assholes want veto power over technology, and the evil bit of "thou shall not record" has reared its head.
Every new piece of technology immediately gets co-opted as corporations tell us what we're allowed to do because they apparently feel the world exists to serve their fucking business model.
Oh, and of course if ratified the TPP will make this entrenched in law -- so you could spend life in prison for recording a show to watch later.
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Seems like the broadcasters are shooting themselves in the foot! If you can't record, you can't store up a bunch of shows to watch later.
This means that people won't watch broadcast at all, but rather will default to streaming services for convenience of watching when they want.
Seems like they've got the wrong solution. Instead of "do not record", it should be "do not copy the recording you make to other media"--which, guess what, is what most people do anyway with their DVRs.
Best,
--PeterM
Most copy protection devices only achieve the task of annoying the living crap out of legitimate users, while doing nothing to prevent grand scale piracy.
You know the scary thing? As I pointed out above, if the TPP is ratified, then the copyright cartel will have even more clout to do this.
ISPs and pretty much every piece of technology on the planet would be made subservient to the demands of the copyright lobby.
It won't "work" in the sense of actually stopping anything, but it would suddenly carry much harsher legal penalties, and both ISPs and governments would be responsible to police this on behalf of the copyright holders.
The TPP is written in such a way that pretty much everybody works on behalf of the IP groups ... which probably means they're feeling quite emboldened these days.
Because if it comes into law, they'll pretty much hold all of the cards.
Reason number 9,862 why that TPP is a terrible idea, and will only help multinational corporations instead of the actual citizens.
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> Oh, and of course if ratified the TPP will make this entrenched in law [...]
That bears repeating, slowly and loudly: Japanese, look at all the goodness TPP is pouring over you.
Fight it tooth and nail.
Of course, Aussies, NZers, and -- yes, USians too. Let your representatives know that you *don't want that crap ratified*. Don't listen to what lobbies and corrupt politicans say about it. It's always a bad idea to let lobby groups write laws.