(2003-11-30) Boutin Broadcast Flag

Paul Boutin on the Broadcast Flag. A show recorded on a 2006 digital video recorder won't play on older DVD players... It's a good example of the problem with anti-piracy mechanisms: They often disrupt perfectly legal viewing habits as a side effect... Buy a high-definition TV tuner-card for your PC before July 2005. After that you may only be able to get a crippled one, and these new cards will capture, record, and play digital broadcasts in lower resolutions.