On Tuesday 25 October 2005 18:08, Michael T. Dean wrote: > Steve Adeff wrote: > >On Tuesday 25 October 2005 16:30, Andy Alsup wrote: > >>So, I'm no lawyer, but I think this means that requiring 5C compliant > >>devices in order to record content that isn't protected is not > >>allowed. > > > >true. but the question is, what is considered "protected". We know OTA is > >required to be openly available, but it sounds like anything you have to > > pay for is considered protected under the law, meaning they can 5C > > protect the rest of the channels. > > Do we know this applies to both *digital* and *analog* OTA? I've never > seen any official statement that anything other than *analog*-only basic > cable tier service must be provided unencrypted. > > I know that EFF and other organizations have made a lot of comments to > FCC about this issue, but all I've seen are comments, like: > > - "III. DIGITAL OVER-THE-AIR BROADCASTS MUST REMAIN UNENCRYPTED WHEN > RETRANSMITTED OVER CABLE" (Mar 28, 2003) at > http://www.eff.org/IP/Video/HDTV/20030328_fcc_cable-ce_comments.pdf > - "III. TREATMENT OF OTA BROADCASTS ON BASIC TIER CABLE" (Feb 13, > 2004) at http://www.eff.org/IP/Video/HDTV/fnprm_comments.php > - "II. THE COMMISSION SHOULD RETAIN ITS RULE PROHIBITING ENCRYPTION > OF RE-TRANSMITTED BROADCAST TELEVISION ON CABLE" (Mar 15, 2004) at > http://www.eff.org/IP/Video/HDTV/?f=eff_fnprm_reply.html > > So, does anyone have a link to any official > ruling/statement/interpretation/whatever... (I'm not looking for a > yes/no answer. I'm hoping for a reference.) > > Thanks, > Mike
well, it all depends really. as an electrical engineer I see all broadcasts into the air as analog, digital just sits on an alternating wave. as a cable company owner I see all broadcasts in the form that makes me the most money, ie digital. So, while the FCC does only state that OTA *analog* broadcasts must remain unencrypted, the interpretation is up to the person with the most power. I have a feeling though that cable companies won't bother encrypting the OTA stuff because it doesn't really matter. _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
