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Posted by Randy Hoops on 10/02/05 21:42
On Sun, 02 Oct 2005 12:24:43 GMT, "Morton Davis" <antikerry@home.com>
wrote:
>YUP. TIVO users were recently treatred to a sample of things to come when
>the networks inadvertently flagged a bunch of programs that were not
>supposed to be flagged, thus not allowing TIVO users to record those
>programs.
>
>In 2008, the flagging is going to be in use on an industry wide basis. Want
>to record that ballgame while you're at work? Sorry, you can't. Want to
>record Letterman so you can watch it the next day? NOPE. No recording of
>just about ANYTHING n a TIVO or a DVD recorder.
>
>Oh, and those new TV-In video cards? THey won'y work either, or so I'm told.
>
>Of course, there'll be a goldmine for anyone who can build a device that
>will kill the flags.....
>
What Mr Davis is speaking of is called the "Broadcast Flag". It is
a flag in a digital TV transmission that could force no copy, copy
once, copy only in degraded from etc.
The FCC mandates a rule that would have required equipment
manufacturers to make equipment that enabled DRM as instructed by the
broadcast flag.
On May 6, 2005 the DC court of appeals tossed out this rule. Unless
this decision is overturned by a higher court, Broadcast Flag will not
happen.
Even if the broadcast flag were implemented, it would not apply to
analog equipment or equipment manufactured earlier.
Your current TiVo Series 2 has analog inputs and outputs and will not
be affected by the digital broadcast flag.
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