Broadcast Flag Rule by the End of the Month

As Donna Wentworth noted on Monday, the FCC is likely to hand the MPAA a major victory at the end of this month by mandating DRM for digital TV broadcasts (The DMCA Doesn't Go Nearly Far Enough). Several days later, the Washington Post notes this likely major shift in law to favor DRM (FCC Targets Copying of Digital TV). I particularly like the subtitle for the article: Hollywood Backs Rule That May Irk Viewers. And this concluding quote from the article isn't too bad either:

Another FCC staff member, noting the agency's general reluctance to mandate the use of particular technologies, said that "everyone is kind of holding their nose on this one" but the rule will pass unless it would give too much control to the entertainment industry.

Any rule that mandates DRM is giving too much control to the entertainment industry. Here's hoping the EFF's current action alert regarding the issue gets the FCC to take care in its decision (Stop the MPAA's Broadcast Flag!).