[wco81]

 http://www.fortune.com/indext.jhtml?...&doc_id=207975


Anyone have any details on what's referenced in the article about the broadcast flag and watermark for content converted to analog?


There was an announcement last week with the promise of details around 5/17.

 

[David McRoy]

THe so-called "broadcast flag" refers to a copy-protection scheme intended to prevent protected programming from being distributed over the Internet.


Here's a link to a site maintained by a consumer advocacy group that monitors the activities of the industry group that is supposed to issue their report tomorrow:

http://bpdg.blogs.eff.org/