The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit raised questions about the broadcast flag in court proceedings today. Informing the Federal Communications Comission that it was not in the business of selling televisions, one judge said that the FCC had overstepped its authority when it mandated that all consumer electronics devices made after July 1, 2005 be able to detect and respect the broadcast flag in digital TV broadcasts. ... Link: arstechnica.com.
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