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[Oceanside, Nevada :: Main Page] For those who haven't been paying attention, the Broadcast Flag was a piece of legislation that would have required people who make things like TiVo and cable boxes incorporate a chip that would encrypt anything the broadcaster wanted encrypted. The upshot was that you could watch it but you couldn't record it and you certainly couldn't archive it. It would be just like the bad old days when you had to live your schedule around TV.
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