] 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.

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] 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.

FCC Deserves a Digital Thanks for Nothing