Cory and the EFF have been leading the charge to stop the broadcast flag proposal. Lessig chimes in. The broadcast flag is a bad thing which is anti-end-to-end. Fight for the Stupid Network!
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I couldn't believe when I read Cory Doctorow summary of the broadcast flag Broadcast Protection Discussion Group (BPDG) is proposing. Although it have rejected by the US Congress, they are bring this to FCC. The Broadcast Flag is a signal... Read More
Joi Ito reports on the Broadcast Flag. Go click on his links, it's all pretty good stuff. The broadcast flag is a special signal that Hollywood wants to be added to digital television (the television of the future) which will... Read More
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With GNU making broadcast flags a software problem... what are you going to do?? outlaw ideas.
I think this is less of an end-to-end problem. If I read correctly, it is done end-to-end (broadcast flag insert by source and end-device check the flags).
But troublesome part of the proposal is how much control they want. I mean, ban open source? make all device manufacturers to get approval from hollywood? gosh.