Content Protection Status Report
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The Content Protection Status Report is the title of a series of three documents submitted to the United States Senate
Committee on the Judiciary during 2002 by the Motion Picture Association of America
. (The Senate Judiciary Committee has jurisdiction over, and regularly holds hearings related to, U.S. copyright
law.) In these documents, the MPAA discusses its progress in devising, and getting technology firms to adopt, digital rights management
and recording controls for consumer technology products.
The Status Report also proposes, in general terms, legislation related to three areas of concern to the MPAA in 2002:
The original documents remain available from the Senate Judiciary Committee's web site:
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
Committee on the Judiciary during 2002 by the Motion Picture Association of America
Motion Picture Association of America
The Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. , originally the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America , was founded in 1922 and is designed to advance the business interests of its members...
. (The Senate Judiciary Committee has jurisdiction over, and regularly holds hearings related to, U.S. copyright
Copyright
Copyright is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time...
law.) In these documents, the MPAA discusses its progress in devising, and getting technology firms to adopt, digital rights management
Digital rights management
Digital rights management is a class of access control technologies that are used by hardware manufacturers, publishers, copyright holders and individuals with the intent to limit the use of digital content and devices after sale. DRM is any technology that inhibits uses of digital content that...
and recording controls for consumer technology products.
The Status Report also proposes, in general terms, legislation related to three areas of concern to the MPAA in 2002:
- The ATSC broadcast flagBroadcast flagA broadcast flag is a set of status bits sent in the data stream of a digital television program that indicates whether or not the data stream can be recorded, or if there are any restrictions on recorded content...
- The analog holeAnalog holeThe analog hole is a fundamental and inevitable vulnerability in copy protection schemes for noninteractive works in digital formats which can be exploited to duplicate copy-protected works that are ultimately reproduced using analog means...
- Peer-to-peerPeer-to-peerPeer-to-peer computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or workloads among peers. Peers are equally privileged, equipotent participants in the application...
file sharingFile sharingFile sharing is the practice of distributing or providing access to digitally stored information, such as computer programs, multimedia , documents, or electronic books. It may be implemented through a variety of ways...
The original documents remain available from the Senate Judiciary Committee's web site:
- http://judiciary.senate.gov/special/content_protection.pdf Content Protection Status Report
- http://judiciary.senate.gov/special/mpaa_june.pdf Content Protection Status Report II
- http://judiciary.senate.gov/special/mpaa110702.pdf Content Protection Status Report III