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Technologie i telekomunikacja · 12/3/2003

Digital Broadcast Content Protection

In this document, the Commission seeks comment on the mechanisms and standards by which new content protection and recording technologies can be approved for use with Covered Demodulator Products as part of an ATSC flag-based redistribution control system for digital broadcast content. The Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking also seeks comment on: whether cable operators should be allowed to encrypt the digital basic tier so that they can give effect to the ATSC flag through their conditional access systems; and the interplay between an ATSC flag-based redistribution control system for digital broadcast content and the development of open source software applications, including software demodulators, for digital broadcast television. Potential Commission action in these areas is intended to protect digital broadcast television content from indiscriminate redistribution, thereby ensuring the continued flow of high value content to broadcast outlets and preserving the nation's broadcasting system.

Original source language: Federal Register — Federal Communications CommissionOpen original release →