I don't think DCMA have anything to do with this (IANAL, thought), FCC told them to make available an access device (POD) so any manufacturers' cable box will work. It doesn't say anything about certification, these are rules they made themselves to "ensure the reliability of our network". The FCC could eventually order them to supply cablecards to any device regardless of certification.
<br><br>So, hardware manufacturer gets the cablecard standard from them with the purpose of building a cablecard compatible device. After building it they don't even try sending it for certification (it's not going to pass anyways). Just request the cablecard and plug it in. Unless the certificate number is embeded somehow in your encryption codes the device should work.
<br><br>So for now it's up to SiliconDust, pcHDTV and/or Technisat... hopefuly they read this list ;)<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/20/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Meatwad</b> <<a href="mailto:meatwad.get.the.honeys@gmail.com">
meatwad.get.the.honeys@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Victor Perez wrote:<br>> I just had this thought: what if you just don't get the certification?
<br>> What is stopping open source hardware makers from coming up with a<br>> cablecard compliant device is the difficulty of obtaining the<br>> certification so:<br>><br>> - Request the specs, they will give you a fight, on every roadblock
<br>> complain to the FCC.<br>> - Build the device and don't get it certified, just request a cablecard<br>> from the cable company. If they refuse, file complaints with the FCC.<br>> They may say "it's not certified" so what? It should work anyways,
<br>> shouldn't it?<br>><br>> It may take a little bit of a fight but I think is doable. Now, any<br>> hardware makers up to the task?<br><br>Sure, it's doable. But not legal without getting docsis approval. DMCA
<br>issues would be the first to come to mind. If it's not legal, it won't<br>be available via US distribution.<br><br>If it were up to the CableCo's they'd rent cablecards to anyone (along<br>with a HD subscription). The cabal of content producers is responsible
<br>for the current lack of open access. This is by design of course.<br><br>I'm too lazy to google it but there is a docsis spec which outlines the<br> various key pair exchanges that occur during handshaking and<br>
operation of a cablecard ... and the STB or display, and any digital<br>path inputs/outputs of the STB/receiver/router, and any other blah blah<br>blah. That's where HDCP ties in. But don't worry, it's all plug-n-play.
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