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re US: Hollywood can disable TV set features
From: Dave Farber <dfarber () me com>
Date: Sat, 08 May 2010 08:05:13 -0400
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From: Seth Johnson <seth.johnson () realmeasures dyndns org> Date: May 7, 2010 11:45:48 PM EDT To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>, ip <ip () v2 listbox com> Subject: Re: [IP] re US: Hollywood can disable TV set features
The FCC has decided to just transform the Internet into the Incumbent-net, and now it's trying to enact copyright policy. Again. Why does the FCC get to do it this time, after the drubbing they received on the broadcast flag? What, because this administration is beholden to MPAA and the incumbents and so we just have to deal? Seth Johnson -----Original Message----- From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net> To: "ip" <ip () v2 listbox com> Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 21:03:17 -0400 Subject: [IP] re US: Hollywood can disable TV set featuresBegin forwarded message:From: Michael Painter <tvhawaii () gmail com> Date: May 7, 2010 9:00:49 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: [IP] US: Hollywood can disable TV set features“This action is an important victory for consumers whowill now have far greater access to see recent high-definition movies intheirhomes,” Bob Pisano, president and interim chief executiveofficer ofthe MPAA, said today in a statement.<< And I see it as a slap-in-the-face and a middle finger toconsumersas it's de facto instant obsolescence for the multi-millionsofdollars worth of displays, switchers, sources, etc. presentlybeingused for High Definition viewing and not using HDMI (orwithout thatcapability). Two years ago I installed a $14,000 16x16 matrix componentswitcherat a 'SportsBar"because it was the -only- method available todeliver HD at the distances required (multiple displays75-125 ft.from source) and now that system will only deliver 480p, distribution of which could have been accomplished for $2000.The Motion Picture Association of America asked the FCC in2008for a waiver from rules against disabling video outputs sothat itsmembers could send movies over cable and satellite servicesusing “secure and protected digital outputs,” according to thetradegroup’s petition at the agency.<< Trouble is, there is -lots- more content delivered by thoseservicesthan just Hollywood's movies and now the Set-Top-Box willonlyoutput 480p on analog for that content as well. IMO, this is another indication that if you're a big moneycorporatelobbyist, you can get the ear of the FCC. Stuff like this,alongwith Hundt's admission that he tried to 'sabotage' BroadcastHD,tells me what the FCC thinks about the "consumer". --Michael ----- Original Message ----- From: Dave Farber To: ip Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 12:35 PM Subject: [IP] US: Hollywood can disable TV set features Begin forwarded message:From: Richard Forno <rforno () infowarrior org> Date: May 7, 2010 5:35:41 PM EDT To: List Infowarrior <infowarrior () attrition org> Cc: Farber Dave <dave () farber net> Subject: US: Hollywood can disable TV set featuresFilm Studios Allowed by U.S. to Use Anti-Piracy TechnologyonTV Equipment By Todd Shields - May 07, 2010http://preview.bloomberg.com/news/2010-05-07/film-studios-said- to-be-allowed-to-use-anti-piracy-technology-on-tv-sets.htmlThe film industry can block outputs on home televisionequipment sostudios can offer first-run movies while preventing viewersfrommaking illicit copies, U.S. regulators said. Temporarily disabling the outputs will “enable a newbusiness model” that wouldn’t develop in the absence of suchanti-piracyprotection, the Federal Communications Commission said todayin anorder. Home viewing of recently released movies over cable andsatellitesystems would provide revenue for studios such as ViacomInc.’s Paramount Pictures and Sony Corp.’s film division, whichhave seen DVD sales drop as more people get films through Internet,mail-order and kiosk rental services. The advocacy group PublicKnowledge is among opponents who say the plan interferes with viewerchoice.The FCC order “‘will allow the big firms for the firsttime totake control of a consumer’s TV set or set-top box,blocking viewing of a TV program or motion picture,” Gigi Sohn,president of Washington-based Public Knowledge, said in a statement. The Motion Picture Association of America asked the FCC in2008 fora waiver from rules against disabling video outputs so thatitsmembers could send movies over cable and satellite servicesusing“secure and protected digital outputs,” according to thetradegroup’s petition at the agency. “This action is an important victory for consumers whowill now have far greater access to see recent high-definition moviesin their homes,” Bob Pisano, president and interim chiefexecutive officer of the MPAA, said today in a statement. “It is a majorstep forward in the development of new business models by the motionpicture industry to respond to growing consumer demand.” The Washington-based MPAA represents Paramount Pictures,Sony’s film unit, News Corp.’s Twentieth Century Fox, GeneralElectricCo.’s NBC Universal, Walt Disney Co. and Time WarnerInc.’sWarner Bros. Pictures. 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