flynn23 wrote:
] ] As for new digital cables, the FCC ruling does not
] ] mandate any one copy-control technology, leaving it up to
] ] companies to choose from competing options. But this
] ] competition probably won't happen. Most of the
] ] electronics industry has anointed one system, called "5C"
] ] after the five corporations that developed it (Hitachi,
] ] Intel, Matsushita, Sony and Toshiba) and already approved
] ] for the digital outputs on future cable boxes and
] ] cable-compatible TV sets. The FCC can approve other
] ] copy-control schemes, but 5C-compliant hardware may not
] ] be upgradeable to support these competing mechanisms,
] ] placing them at a disadvantage.
]
] ...
]
] ] You won't be able to make a lower-resolution copy of a
] ] digital broadcast to watch on your DVD player or move a
] ] recording to the laptop or handheld computer you own
] ] today. And by forbidding all Internet transfers, even of
] ] brief excerpts, the scheme steals fair-use rights.

This really stinks.