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Posted by Alpha on 10/03/05 06:59
"Jeff Rife" <wevsr@nabs.net> wrote in message
news:MPG.1daa94d55484c32698a03c@news.nabs.net...
> Alpha (none@none.net) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
>> > Yes, because we all know that things like broadcast flags can't be
>> > bypassed.
>>
>> As I understand it from these groups, no one has bypassed such flags, nor
>> pay per view and other pay once protocals.
>
> The broadcast flag has long since been "bypassed", since it is merely a
> flag,
> not an encryption. You can get many different kinds of recorders for US
> digital TV (which is the only thing the broadcast flag affects) that pay
> no attention to the flag. Even if BF legislation is enacted, this will
> always be the case, although the non-compliant tuners may technically be
> illegal to sell.
Too simplistic. There are schemes worldwide for broadcast copy protection.
By 2008 everything will shut down gradually on recording.
You keep insisting that 'something' will make it possible. Only for
lawbreakers.
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