Another Broadcast Flag Bill post

The MPAA and RIAA are trying to get a variation of the broadcast flag passed again.  This sneaks in a lot of control that would stifle innovation and give the content mill owners a veto over new devices.  The full details and way to contact your representative are available on the EFF\'s site: Stop the MPAA and RIAA\'s Horror Triple Bill!

 

The unprotected analog outputs of computers will be, in perpetuity, restricted to either DRM-laden standards, or to a \"constrained image\", \"no more than 350,000 pixels\". Analog video which has been branded as \"do not copy\", will last for only ninety minutes only in the digital world - and will be erased, literally frame by frame, megabyte by megabyte, from your PC, without your control. You\'ll watch a two hour film, and as you watch the final half hour, the first few scenes will be being dissolved away by statute.

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