FCC to Put an End to General Purpose Computers?
Slashdot readers know of the potential threats of Palladium/Trusted Computing and of the “Fritz chip“, and a past Slashdot piece even warned of the MPAA’s push to have the FCC implement a so-called “broadcast flag”. Now the Washington Post reports that the broadcast flag will soon be a reality. The soon-to-be-passed FCC Rule Would Control Digital TV Copies and The Post says that none of the five FCC Commissioners have led a public campaign against the broadcast flag. Apparently, the FCC needs to hear a little more clearly that consumers don’t want the fundamental technology in their computers, digital televisions, or digital video recorders altered to only read content approved by the MPAA. Not to mention the forced-upgrade we’ll endure when our old DVD players refuse to play the new “flagged” media. Luckily, the EFF’s Action center has made it easy for you to tell the FCC to reject the MPAA’s broadcast flag. Do it now! (This was a Slashdot submission of mine.)
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