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FCC 73.9004
Revised as of October 1, 2008
Goto Year:2007 |
2009
Sec. 73.9004 Compliance requirements for covered demodulator products: Marked
content.
(a) A covered demodulator product shall not pass, or direct to be passed,
marked content to any output except:
(1) To an analog output;
(2) To an 8–VSB, 16–VSB, 64–QAM or 256–QAM modulated output, provided that
the broadcast flag is retained in the both the EIT and PMT;
(3) To a digital output protected by an authorized digital output protection
technology, in accordance with any applicable obligations established as a
part of its approval pursuant to Sec. 73.9008;
(4) Where such covered demodulator product outputs, or directs to be output,
such content to another product and such covered demodulator product
exercises sole control (such as by using a cryptographic protocol), in
compliance with the demodulator robustness requirements, over the access to
such content in usable form in such other product;
(5) Where such covered demodulator product outputs, or directs to be output,
such content for the purpose of making a recording of such content pursuant
to paragraph (b)(2) of this section, where such content is protected by the
corresponding recording method; or
(6) Where such covered demodulator product is incorporated into a computer
product and passes, or directs to be passed, such content to an unprotected
output operating in a mode compatible with the digital visual interface
(DVI) Rev. 1.0 Specification as an image having the visual equivalent of no
more than 350,000 pixels per frame (e.g., an image with resolution of
720×480 pixels for a 4:3 (nonsquare pixel) aspect ratio), and 30 frames per
second. Such an image may be attained by reducing resolution, such as by
discarding, dithering or averaging pixels to obtain the specified value, and
can be displayed using video processing techniques such as line doubling or
sharpening to improve the perceived quality of the image.
(b) A covered demodulator product shall not record or cause the recording of
marked content in digital form unless such recording is made using one of
the following methods:
(1) A method that effectively and uniquely associates such recording with a
single covered demodulator product (using a cryptographic protocol or other
effective means) so that such recording cannot be accessed in usable form by
another product except where the content of such recording is passed to
another product as permitted under this subpart or
(2) An authorized recording method in accordance with any applicable
obligations established as a part of its approval pursuant to Sec. 73.9008
(provided that for recordings made on removable media, only authorized
recording methods expressly approved pursuant to Sec. 73.9008 for use in
connection with removable media may be used).
(c) Paragraph (b) of this section does not impose restrictions regarding the
storage of marked content as a transitory image.
(d) The requirements of this section shall become applicable on July 1,
2005.
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Goto Year: 2007 |
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