FCC Approves "Broadcast Flag" Protection Mandate for Digital Television - The FCC approved a "broadcast flag" regulation requiring that digital TV receivers - and in effect all devices that use protected DTV programs - include copy protection systems by July 2005. The rule incorporates several consumer-friendly improvements to the original proposal before the FCC, but also leaves major concerns about consumer uses and the regulation of computers unanswered. A second FCC proceeding will take up some of these issues, and a legal challenge to the rules is also possible. November 05, 2003

• FCC Report, Order, and Further Notice [PDF] November 04, 2003
• CDT Report: Implications of The Broadcast Flag: A Public Interest Primer [PDF] December 01, 2003
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