The Brodacast flag: in 10 words, it is a standard pushed by big media that would render tv (and even radio) completely incomprehensible to devices without the proper liscense.
It was thrown out of court earlier this year, but the RIAA and MPAA are still want to ensure their stranglehold on the commons.
Mostly, the broadcast flag would make it a real bitch to record television/movies to anything. Surely no more making your own MythTV box.
This goes against the old Sony vs. Betamax case, in which Sony asserted that Betamax shouldn’t be allowed to sell VCR machines, because that could possibly allow copyrights held by Sony on video products to be infringed upon. Sony lost, and people have enjoyed the convenience of VCR’s ever since.
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