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List:       dmca-discuss
Subject:    Re: [DMCA_Discuss] Comment on "Broadcast Flag" Mandate
From:       Andy Green <andy () warmcat ! com>
Date:       2003-11-19 16:30:33
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On Wednesday 19 November 2003 15:42, Seth Johnson wrote:

>  > represent a serious problem, it's hard to believe anyone in America
>  > today
>  > has enough bandwidth or processing power to be downloading and
>  > redistributing massive digital television files via the Net. In the

Declan's wrong.  A typical 40 minute HDTV show is running to ~400MB in really 
very good quality, packaged in .avi.  The HDTV data compresses better than 
NTSC despite - and because of -  the hugely enhanced resolution and 
end-to-end digital.  There are no ads.  People are already rebroadcasting 
something like 60 shows over the Internet to all comers, and I think that's 
great.  If the original poster does the math, he'll see that on a 1Mbps cable 
connection he can clear 400MBytes in under an hour. 

In fact IMHO the next generation of teens already exist in a world where all 
this content is effectively free, music, films, TV, they freely share it all 
over the Internet and they save feeling guilty for if they ate the last 
pop-tart.  Good for them!

> The contradiction inherent in a "broadcast flag" is that they're
> trying to prevent redistribution of content THAT IS BROADCAST OVER THE
> AIRWAVES FOR ANYONE TO RECEIVE.  Noone needs the Internet to get this
> content since it's available to anyone who wants it.  For free.

A US-centric vision: I'm in the UK, there would be no other way for me to get 
this content than redistribution by the Internet.  But I take your point, its 
the same point about the RIAA content protection vs radio broadcasting of the 
same content.

> The Broadcast Flag is about content control and not just content that
> is broadcast over the air.  Once VCRs/Tivos/etc. are required to obey
> the broadcast flag regime the same flag will be turned on on non-
.....
> against huge opposition at the state level.  The FCC, however, is much
> easier for Big Business to manipulate than bodies accountable to We
> The People.

No argument with anything else you said!

- -Andy
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