Editing Broadcast flag (section)

== Related technologies ==

=== Radio broadcast flag and RIAA ===
With the coming of digital radio, the recording industry is attempting to change the ground rules for copyright of songs played on radio. Currently, over the air (i.e. broadcast but not Internet) radio stations may play songs freely but [[RIAA]] wants Congress to insert a radio broadcast flag. On April 26, 2006, Congress held a hearing over the radio broadcast flag. Among the witnesses were musicians [[Anita Baker]] and [[Todd Rundgren]].

=== European Broadcast Flag ===
At present no equivalent signal is typically used in European [[Digital Video Broadcasting|DVB]] transmissions, although [[DVB-CPCM]] would provide such a set of signal as defined by DVB-SI, usable on clear-to-air television broadcasts. How adherence to such a system would be enforced in a receiver is not yet clear.

In the UK, the [[BBC]] introduced content protection restrictions in 2010 on Free to Air content by licensing data necessary to receive the service information for the Freeview HD broadcasts.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}} However the BBC have stated the highest protection applied will be to allow only one copy to be made.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}

=== ISDB ===
[[ISDB]] broadcasts are protected as to allow the broadcast to be digitally recorded once, but to not allow digital copies of the recording to be made. Analog recordings can be copied freely. It is possible to disallow the use of analog outputs, although this has yet to be implemented. The protection can be circumvented with the correct hardware and software.

=== DVB-CPCM ===
The Digital Video Broadcasting organization is developing [[DVB-CPCM]] which allows broadcasters (especially PayTV broadcaster) far more control over the use of content on (and beyond) home networks.{{cn|date=October 2019}} The DVB standards are commonly used in Europe and around the world (for satellite, terrestrial, and cable distribution), but are also employed in the United States by [[Dish Network]].{{cn|date=October 2019}} In Europe, some entertainment companies were lobbying to legally mandate the use of DVB-CPCM.{{cn|date=October 2019}} Opponents{{who|date=October 2019}} fear that mandating DVB-CPCM will kill independent receiver manufacturers that use open source operating systems (e.g., Linux-based set-top boxes.)

=== Pay-per-view use of broadcast flag ===
In the US, since April 15, 2008, [[pay-per-view]] [[movie]]s on [[cable television|cable]] and [[satellite television]] now are flagged to prevent a recording off a pay-per-view channel to a [[digital video recorder]]s or other related devices from being retained after 24 hours from the ordered time of the film. This is the standard film industry practice, including for digital rentals from the [[iTunes Store]] and [[Google Play]]. Movies recorded before that point would still be available without flagging and could be copied freely, though as of 2015 those pre-2008 DVR units are well out-of-date or probably non-functional, and the pay-per-view concern is moot for all but special events, as nearly all satellite providers and cable providers have moved to more easily restricted [[video on demand]] platforms; pay-per-view films have been drawn down to non-notable content.{{Citation needed|date=February 2017}}