Broadcast flags were ‘accidents’, says NBC
this week it was reported that nbc was sending out broadcast flags with its monday night programming thus blocking vista media center users from recording the programming. at the notwithstanding both microsoft and the broadcaster argued they did not know what had cause the interference but were investigating. the incidents caused rumpus on the internet especially considering that broadcast dwindle laws were thrown out and therefore no software needs to abide by them, even if they are sent out by the broadcaster. nbc has made a creative assertion today, saying the interference were purely a mistake. “we made an inadvertent misidentify as,” an nbc spokeswoman explained, “we’re not cognizant of any other complaints, and we believe we have addressed the uncontrollable.” because drm flagging is no longer mandatory, it seems that microsoft is spontaneously having its vista media center restrict recording. it could also be a monetary deal with the tv broadcasters. microsoft has said however that it is “working with media outlets to cut down on the number of artificial drm flags.”
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