Please read The Onerous "Broadcast Flag" in its' entire glory here!

EXCERPTS:

"In a blockbuster announcement May 6, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit said that the FCC, acting as a stooge for the MPAA and Hollywood interests, overstepped its bounds by requiring that "broadcast flag" circuitry be included as a mandate in all new digital receivers as of July. Apparently the court realized (in a unanimous decision, by the way) that the FCC was not representing the people or protecting anyone except a few vested Hollywood insiders."

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"...they could add comments like, "We are not making movies as a public service. We are doing it as a business. There is no idealism here, it's just a fact. And we do not care that it's legal to make a personal copy. We will take any action to prevent the process from working. You would too if you were in our shoes." I can accept that sort of thing, rather than lies and holier-than-thou nonsense and the "good for humanity" stuff.

So what happens if there is no broadcast flag ever implemented? Essentially nothing changes. All the flag would have accomplished is perhaps creating a new channel of distribution (money, money, money) and making things a bit easier for the studios—maybe. It would have been a huge annoyance for everyone else. Let's hope they give up on this idea once and for all. And shame on the FCC for playing this game."

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Bravo John C. Dvorak!

"Unfortunately, the National Association of Broadcasters is planning to push Congress to enact a law mandating the broadcast-flag circuitry. "

Of course, Congress will probably pass the law anyway, so it is just a matter of time.

True. It wont make the mainstream news, so noone will oppose it.

Sure, they won't give up trying to obtain a "broadcast flag" but this time around the Court of Appeals knocked them on their ass. (And I am very glad!)