I think under the BF rules once any signal is demodulated it can only be sent to secure robust equipment by secure robust methods. And I don't see how the following scenario can be implemented that way in any effective (legal) fashion. - Tom Manfredi, Albert E wrote: > Kon wrote: > > >>http://www-tech.mit.edu/V124/N20/ValentiIntervie.20f.html >> >>Here's the most interesting comment made by Valenti: >> >>"The broadcast flag -- if you are in your home, then you can copy >>anything that's on over-the-air television to your heart's >>content. The >>only time that you will know there's a broadcast flag is if >>you try to >>take one of those copies and redistribute it on the Internet. >>Then, the >>flag says, 'No, you can't redistribute it.' But you can do everything >>you're doing right now -- you'll never know there's a broadcast flag. >>Well, why would people object to it?" >> >>I had questioned before if rebroadcasting an OTA stream at my >>home via >>IP multicast was legal or not. Good to see that indeed, it is. > > > Kon, > > This is all fine and good in a glossy viewgraph presentation, but > how does a router vendor implement this? How does the vendor know > when Port X in his router will be connecting to the Internet vs. > connected to an in-house multimedia LAN? How does the router at > one end of you in-house LAN know that there might not be another > router connecting to the Internet at the other end? > > How will the FCC decree that all routers in the US suddenly become > BF-aware? > > Of course, if this BF were merely a legal tool, you would say > it's up to the user to set up his equipment correctly, or face > possible legal consequences. But supposedly, this system is to be > almost fool proof. To the extent that they want this stuff > encased in epoxy or whatever. > > Bert > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at > FreeLists.org > > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > unsubscribe in the subject line. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.