   Broadcast Flag ArchiveJuly 07, 2006ABC Adman: Let's Block Ad-Skipping
ABC wants to get cable companies to disable ad-skipping in their DVR packages. And these people want a say in how new technology is implemented.
June 19, 2006The Corruptibles - The Man Replies
Our esteemed opponents post their response to EFF's cartoon on YouTube.
May 09, 2006What Does Embedded TV Copy Restriction Look Like?
The future of (broadcast flag) law enforcement: how CGMS-A looks when it's turned on.
Twelve in Congress Likely To Forge Telecom Bill
Commerce committee congressman Upton blurts that broadcast flag/net neutrality bill will be decided in secret conference; judiciary committee chairman begins to muscle in.
May 02, 2006Net Neutrality Out, Broadcast Flags InJanuary 03, 2006L.A. Times on the Analog Hole Law
"As Sony BMG learned ... unanticipated glitches can inflict more than enough pain to offset any reduction in illegal copying."
November 07, 2005Computer HDTV tuners down to $150
In a market that would have been eliminated by the broadcast flag, competition works its magic.
The Hole Truth From Wendy Seltzer
Brooklyn prof and EFF alumni deconstructs last Thursday's broadcast flag hearing.
November 01, 2005Utah Statesman on the Broadcast Flag
The campus section looks into student and faculty worries about broadcast flag legislation.
October 26, 2005Lack of a Broadcast Flag Boosts HDTV Tuners
"With the broadcast flag being struck down...tuner card manufacturers are aggressively doing HDTV TV tuner card products for retail," says a software PVR developer.
Doctorow on Europe's Coming Broadcast FlagSeptember 30, 2005Home Recording Rights Coalition vs the Broadcast Flag
The Godfather of Fair Use Rights, the HRRC, has an action alert to fight the digital radio broadcast flag.
The Language of Flags
RIAA and MPAA vie to push through the broadest technology mandate ever.
July 18, 2005Place-Shifting Technology, Grokster, and the Broadcast Flag
Sling Media CEO Blake Krikorian talks about the careful path an innovative company has to tread these days.
July 05, 2005Broadcast Flag Deliberations Move to Secret Base Within Hollowed-Out Volcano
Broadcasters meet outside the US, outside formal WIPO, to discuss future treaty issues.
June 02, 2005TV Industry Gets Flagged Over Another Evil Plan
Andy Ihnatko of the Chicago Sun-Times on the Broadcast Flag and "the same idiots who swore that cable television and VCRs would destroy the entertainment industry."
May 25, 2005"Compatibility Is Not the Goal"
Rick Lane of News Corp. claims that whether the Broadcast Flag breaks people's TVs is of no concern to the entertainment industry. Not a popular stance - as Ed Felten comments, "the most dangerous place in Washington is between Americans and their televisions."
May 13, 2005Broadcast Flag Rises AgainMay 06, 2005Broadcast Flag Struck Down!
The federal appeals court today declared that the FCC doesn't have the authority to assert control over any device capable of receiving broadcast transmissions. That means that once you've got your TV show, the FCC can't tell you (or hardware manufacturers) what to do with it. No more broadcast flag! (116K PDF)
April 28, 2005What's Broadcast in the Las Vegas Metro Area, Stays in the Las Vegas Metro Area
IBM and Fox are cooperating on a modified "local" broadcast flag that will let devices that read or receive TV content use digital broadcasts to identify themselves as part of a home broadcast market.
March 16, 2005B-Flag Challengers Asked for Clarification
A court reviewing the legality of the FCC's broadcast flag has asked the groups that brought the case (including EFF and Public Knowledge) to explain their interest. The bright side? The court expressed sharp skepticism of the FCC's position, and the request for clarification appears to indicate that the court will be receptive toward arguments for standing.
March 02, 2005Viva La Television!
Our own Annalee Newitz on activists who are protesting the broadcast flag by building their own high-definition TV toys.
February 23, 2005Judge Says FCC "Can't Regulate Washing Machines"
Two of the three judges who'll decide the fate of the Broadcast Flag appear heavily skeptical that the FCC should have regulatory control over every device its mission touches - whether it's digital television recorders or, well, washing machines.
September 23, 2004$1 Billion to Turn Off Your TV
Your *old* TV - the government wants to use that money so you can get a new, spiffy, digital one.
September 08, 2004Canada Considers Broadcast FlagAugust 04, 2004The Complicated Life of TiVo
Everyone's favorite media appliance is caught in the middle of the digital copyright wars, and this article does a wonderful job of laying out how it's being hurt and who's pulling its strings.
July 18, 2004Pumping Up the Digital Volume
Neat article on the UK's digital radio market and the products that will let listeners copy/pause/replay anything they can tune. These are exactly the kinds of devices that would be affected by the digital radio broadcast flag currently being considered by the FCC. [Click here for some PDF'd background]
June 24, 2004Laughing at the Broadcast Flag - to Keep from Crying
The Masked Engineer skewers the FCC's maddeningly ill-conceived broadcast flag.
May 25, 2004Broadcast Flagging Digital Radio?
Taking a page from Hollywood's playbook, the RIAA is pushing the FCC to mandate a broadcast flag for digital radio.
April 30, 2004B-Flag: Remixing 'The Apprentice'
True Majority remixes "The Apprentice" with news images of President Bush -- something you might not be able to do under the broadcast flag.
April 13, 2004FCC Taking TV Down the Tubes
Public Knowledge's Gigi Sohn with a great editorial on (some of) what's wrong with the FCC's approach to regulation.
April 07, 2004WIPO Broadcast Treaty Hits the Fan
It's only a draft - perhaps they're waiting for the final version to remove the evil?
April 05, 2004DIY Guide to Building a Better Personal Video Recorder
Too bad that high-definition versions of these boxes will be illegal to sell once the broadcast flag goes into effect.
B-Flag Burns Open Software Radio Projects
Software-defined radio makes it possible for one device to use many bands of spectrum, reducing the need to partition and sell swaths of the public airwaves to corporate squatters. Too bad the FCC's broadcast flag would make open source projects like this illegal.
March 22, 2004The Other Silver Lining in Janet's Bustier
Lauren Gelman points out that Hollywood's "broadcast flag" would have prevented the public from distributing and discussing clips of the incident that launched a thousand letters to the FCC.
March 12, 2004EFF & Others Play Capture the Broadcast Flag
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