[vox] No Broadcast Flag!

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From: Marc Elliot Hall <marc@haMAPSllmarc.net>
Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 11:19:27 -0700
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In a major victory for Free software, a federal appeals court ruled this
morning that the FCC cannot require consumer hardware to recognize and
obey the so-called Broadcast Flag on digital television:

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D89TOLR80.htm?campaign_id=apn_home_down

This means that the technology to control digital receivers will be
available for Linux, after all - So I can build a MythTV box that gets
digital cable in high def.

Not that I watch TV, or anything ;-)

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Marc Elliot Hall
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