I was disappointed to read that the FCC is going to try to change hardware to protect copyright.
Officials at the FCC, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said they expect the agency to settle on details of the "broadcast flag" rule by the end of the month. The broadcast flag takes its name from the bit of computer code that would be embedded in digital television signals and would be read by "compliant" devices such as a television set or a digital video recorder.
The article quotes an official who expects a "clean majority" of the FCC to support this abomination. It would not surprise me to see Michael Copps, who is a (pardon my French) poseur's poseur par excellence, vote this way. But I had higher expectations for Michael Powell.
