Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Senate May Hoist Broadcast Flag Again

Declan McCullagh writes on C|Net News:

A controversial form of copy protection for digital TV broadcasts inched closer to becoming law on Tuesday after receiving an enthusiastic endorsement from a key U.S. senator.

Sen. Ted Stevens, an Alaska Republican, said at a hearing that the so-called broadcast flag was necessary to curb Internet piracy of TV shows. Future TV tuners would be required to detect the flag and prevent recordings from being redistributed freely.

More here.

posted by Fergie @ 1/24/2006 11:11:00 AM

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