The EFF has joined a lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission over their Broadcast Flag directive.
The Broadcast Flag essentially forces consumer electronics manufacturers, computer makers, software vendors, and consumers to accept Big Content-imposed limits on what can be done with digital media. Want to record an episode of your favorite show for future viewing? Too bad, the flag says "no dice." Want to excerpt a documentary broadcast for a school project? Sorry; the flag says "no editing."
The Broadcast Flag makes the things we take for granted—time-shifting, transportability, editability—go away. Why? Because Big Content's afraid someone might "pirate" their shows. So, in an effort to combat some imagined threat, Big Content's friends on the FCC are forcing three multi-billion dollar industries and the TV-watching public to have to take it in the neck.
See you in court.
