Film makers and share holders in the entertainment industry are happy with the MPAA's announcement yesterday. The Motion Picture Association of America wants some movies to be protected against DVR recording, especially now that some movies will be broadcasted prior to its DVD release. The technology that makes it possible to block DVR recording is called Selectable Output Control (SOC), but is prohibited by the Federal Communications Commission.
"The Petitioners' theatrical movies are too valuable in this early distribution window to risk their exposure to unauthorised copying," MPAA wrote to the FCC last month. "Distribution over insecure outputs would facilitate the illegal copying and redistribution of this high value content, causing untold damage to the DVD and other 'downstream' markets," was said to ArsTechnica.com.
It's not sure if the FCC will support the MPAA in the long run, and it's possible that many creative rightholders will do their best to stop any broadcasting before release. For now we can't make any announcements, but we will continue to follow the story.
