Prisoners of Digital Television. Mike Godwin.
by Godwin, Mike; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 68Business. Publisher: Reason, 2003ISSN: 1522-3191;.Subject(s): Computer industry | Consumer satisfaction | Copyright infringement | Design protection | Digital television | Household electronics | Internet television | Television -- Law and legislation | Television -- Receivers and reception | Television broadcasting policy | United States Federal Communications CommissionDDC classification: 050 Summary: "The transition from analog broadcast television to digital broadcast television (DTV), now an enshrined part of American broadcasting policy, faces its own set of Dementors--a horde of technical, legal, economic, and social problems. Taken together, the problems look as unbeatable as any monster. Making things worse, many factions with a stake in the outcome are at war over such issues as technology mandates, copyright protection, and fair use." (REASON) This article examines the problems associated with the 2006 analog-to-digital deadline set by Congress.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Prisoners of Digital Television, April 2003; pp. 44-51.
"The transition from analog broadcast television to digital broadcast television (DTV), now an enshrined part of American broadcasting policy, faces its own set of Dementors--a horde of technical, legal, economic, and social problems. Taken together, the problems look as unbeatable as any monster. Making things worse, many factions with a stake in the outcome are at war over such issues as technology mandates, copyright protection, and fair use." (REASON) This article examines the problems associated with the 2006 analog-to-digital deadline set by Congress.
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