Federal appeals court tosses out FCC Broadcast Flag!!!!

[unit24]

WoooHooo!!! This Rocks, no worries about the Broadcast Flag ruining my abilty to timeshift digital content!

http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-5697719.html

In a stunning victory for hardware makers and television buffs, a federal appeals court has tossed out government rules that would have outlawed many digital TV receivers and tuner cards starting July 1.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled Friday that the Federal Communications Commission did not have the authority to prohibit the manufacture of computer and video hardware that doesn't have copy protection technology known as the "broadcast flag." The regulations, which the FCC created in November 2003, had been intended to limit unauthorized Internet redistribution of over-the-air TV broadcasts.

<snip>

Friday's ruling represents a sizable setback for the Motion Picture Association of America, which had lobbied for the broadcast flag rules and had intervened in the lawsuit to defend them.

 

[jackinnj]

and it may just not be such a good thing --