Landmark Case Strikes Down "Broadcast Flag"

"Broadcast Flag" was a proposed FCC rule that would have required all Digital TV Receivers, VCRs, and Digital Video Recorders like TiVo, to be built to read signals embedded in over-the-air broadcast television shows that would place limitations on how those shows could be played, recorded, and saved. The sale of any hardware that was not able to "recognize and give effect to" the "Broadcast Flag", including current digital and high-definition television (HDTV) equipment and open source/free software tools, would have become illegal. For more information on this issue, click here.