Fergie's Tech Blog

Sununu Wants to Squelch FCC Flag Raising

Roy Mark writes on internetnews.com:

U.S. Sen. John Sununu (R-N.H.) pledged Monday to introduce legislation to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from imposing either broadcast or audio flags on electronics makers.

Major content providers, such as Hollywood studios and music publishers, heavily endorse the technology as a way to prevent consumers from making unauthorized copies of digital movies and music. Flags are embedded code in broadcast or audio streams that block further retransmission.

posted by Fergie @ 1/09/2007 12:33:00 PM