Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA) has a provocative op-ed in C|Net News today, offering a compromise with the MPAA: they get the broadcast flag and consumers get DMCA reform (A Deal Made in Washington?).

If the MPAA expects Congress to ratify a rule that would limit the ability of ordinary consumers to share lawfully acquired digital broadcast television programs with one another, then it shouldn't be surprised if Congress insists that the MPAA accept in return a restoration of the fair use rights taken from consumers through the enactment of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).