[mythtv-users] CCI Copy Freely Letter Campaign

[Kirk Bocek]

On 7/17/2015 2:04 PM, Gary Buhrmaster wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 8:36 PM, John P Poet <jppoet at gmail.com> wrote:
> .....
>> If we have any hope of this working when 4K becomes the standard, then we
>> need to get the precedent set now.  Component, and therefore HD-PVR,
>> solutions will not work with 4K content.
> Agreed, you are fighting the last war's battles.  All the cool "big boys" have
> plans (in some markets starting by end of year) to moving to CCAP and IP
> distribution with separable security.  You need to be planning to deal with
> that (the FCC is currently working to prepare the requirements there):
> https://www.fcc.gov/dstac which will cover the future protection mechanisms.
> The "goals" sound reasonable ("not unduly burden" [what does unduly mean
> here?]), but the devil is in the details.  The goal of the process is the define
> the future for all content distribution (cable, satellite, internet).  One can
> (and should) read the existing working group materials, but as with most
> beltway working groups, the real work is still behind closed doors (the
> current work product is essentially just a review of what is out there, as if
> anyone in the industry does not already know, but it covers their butts
> when someone claims "but did you consider <this>").  It is expected that
> the results will eventually lead to a nprm public comment period.
>

Now one thing I might want to add is I believe there is an FCC code 
specifying that end users must be able to use their own equipment to 
receive signals. That was the whole purpose of cable cards in the first 
place.

Does anyone know what that code section is? I don't want to burden a 
simple letter from a simple user with a whole lot of legalese but that 
section might be worth a quote.