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FCC 73.9004
Revised as of October 1, 2010
Goto Year:2009 |
2011
§ 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 § 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 § 73.9008
(provided that for recordings made on removable media, only authorized
recording methods expressly approved pursuant to § 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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