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"Analog hole" Legislation Introduced

"Calling the ability to convert analog video content to a digital format a "significant technical weakness in content protection," H.R. 4569 would require all consumer electronics video devices manufactured more than 12 months after the DTCSA is passed to be able to detect and obey a "rights signaling system" that would be used to limit how content is viewed and used."

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"Analog hole" Legislation Introduced

Reply #1 –
This really bugs me... The way the music and movie industry is heading.

They want to take away all your rights, to stop pirates that would get past it anyway.
And if you believe theres not a chance to die...

"Analog hole" Legislation Introduced

Reply #2 –
This is the stupidest thing I have heard since yesterday, which makes it the second stupidest thing I have heard in my life.  The only way to close the analog hole is to stop making devices that have output.  How is this supposed to work?  If you bring a microphone into the room does your stereo self-destruct?

"Analog hole" Legislation Introduced

Reply #3 –
Not quite. Analog outputs would be watermarked.

"Analog hole" Legislation Introduced

Reply #4 –
Hey, welcome to SCMS!  Oh wait, that was for digital copy management, wasn't it?

"Analog hole" Legislation Introduced

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Hey, welcome to SCMS!  Oh wait, that was for digital copy management, wasn't it?
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SCMS was a fair compromise between useability and protection IMO ... its intention was to allow a single digital consumer copy from CD to e.g. DAT but no 2nd- or 3rd-generation copies by watermarking the digital output from the 1st-generation-copy ... back in the days of DAT, I could very well live with that. Additionally, rather expensive studio equipment could be switched to ignore the watermark (like today's semi-pro or pro soundcards do).

When CD protections arose in 2001, they did use the SCMS watermark on CD's to prevent even first-generation-copies ... that was a sure PITA.
The name was Plex The Ripper, not Jack The Ripper