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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The video is a year old. Have there been any updates? Is it even still relevant?

[–] possiblylinux127 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

FCC policy takes years to make and decide on. We need more people to contact the FCC and to make there opinion known. I see no reason why the FCC should allow a private company to lock down and restrict access to a broadcast. OTA TV is good because it is an open standard.

To answer your question there is a update. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1vTpSJHVyo

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Not to mention that DRM is useless anyway.

[–] possiblylinux127 4 points 6 days ago

It is useful for harming consumers