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Hollywood wants a digital broadcast 'flag' built into every new digital-TV receiver. This would allow content owners to track and/or designate which movies -- or any programming, for that matter -- could be copied, how often, and by whom. A consortium of Hollywood studios, high-tech companies, and a consumer-electronics trade group called the Broadcast Protection Discussion Group issued a report asking the FCC to mandate that 'robust' and 'flexible' copy protection be integrated into every digital-TV set. Without it, the studios say they'll refuse to license their movies and other programming to broadcasters, slowing the already-glacial transition to digital TV...
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