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June 16 2008
MPAA Wants To Prevent Recording Movies On DVRs
Shared by Josh BancroftI_am_Rambi writes "At the request of theatrical film makers, the Federal Communications Commission on Friday quietly launched a proceeding on whether to let video program distributors remotely block consumers from recording recently released movies on their DVRs. The technology that does this is called Selectable Output Control (SOC), but the FCC restricts its use. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) wants a waiver on that restriction in the case of high-definition movies broadcast prior to their release as DVDs." The FCC is soliciting comments until June 25th.
They tried this before. It was called the broadcast flag. It failed.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
