Protest Broadcast Flag NOW

[kwoodall]

Hollywood is at it again, trying to control the design of new digital technologies. If the motion picture studios have their way, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will force all future televisions to include Hollywood-approved "content protection" technologies. Fair use, innovation and competition will suffer. What’s more, the "broadcast flag" technology that the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has proposed is so weak that it will do nothing to stem Internet redistribution of television programs. In fact, the only people hurt by this are legitimate consumers, innovators and researchers.

The FCC has promised a ruling before the end of October. We need you to tell the FCC that we don’t need "broadcast flag" regulations that hurt competition, consumers and innovators.

http://action.eff.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=2801

[legion]

Consider it done.  Thanks for linking, Kermit

[amigamad]

Where will they stop if they reduce there prices of cd,s and dvd films people would buy more than download them. 8-)  :-)

[DanDude]

Hmmmm....

There's a lot a problems here--on both sides.  I'm not even going to discuss here.

 :-?

[KennyR]

What's the point? The dollar talks over on that side of the pond. It doesn't matter what the people want, if it makes profit it must be A-OK.

[Paul_Gadd]

Money obsessed people at it again, this will hurt more genuine people than these so-called "pirates".

[Waccoon]

Copy Protection:  A clever method of preventing incompetent pirates from stealing software and legitimate customers from using it.

-- Posting on Usenet a long time ago

[the_leander]

   Copy Protection: A clever method of preventing incompetent pirates from stealing software and legitimate customers from using it.

Here here.

They're also working out a second gen DVD format that will require your dvd player to be hooked up to a BIG broadband connection, as the dvd itself will now just be a key, the movie will be on a server some place and you'll only be able to download it to the first item you plug it into...

I said it a while back but this DRM stuff is going to cause all these industries to collapse in on themselves. Who wants crippled computers, or DVD's, or anything for that matter? All this will do is to make people look for a cheeper easier to use alternative. Well played lads, well played indeed!