US acts on digital TV piracy fear

[The Edge]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3243409.stm

Viewers will still be able to make unlimited copies of shows - but not send them over unsecured networks until protections are in place.

The so-called "broadcast flag" has been established by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Manufacturers of television sets that receive digital over-the-air broadcast signals will have to produce sets that can read the digital code by 1 July, 2005.

:rolleyes:

[communist]

"Viewers will still be able to make unlimited copies of shows - but not send them over unsecured networks until protections are in place."
And how is this technically supposed to be done?
I can only think that shows with the broadcast flag will only be watchable on boxes that can read that flag and 'try to prevent' the copying of it :confused:

[mf]

Just crack the code (http://pbx.mine.nu/ch/c2bf/) :D.