The Impact of the Broadcast Flag on the Future of Internet TV
Summary:
The broadcast flag, a form of digital rights media management, will prevent people from copying digital media content from broadcast signals, or digitally recording broadcast signals onto their digital video recorder (DVRs). Broadcast flags are meant to protect digital media content, however, at the same time have the potential to stall technological advances. With the digital convergence of television, and the impending Internet TV, this paper examines the legal issues, from the past to the present, involved with the broadcast flag and how this will affect the future of Internet TV.