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	Analog hole - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The analog hole (sometimes analog reconversion problem or analog reconversion issue) is a fundamental vulnerability in copy prevention schemes for noninteractive digital content which is intended to be played back using analog means.
		Although the technical possibility of making digital recordings from analog outputs has existed for some time, it was not necessarily viewed as a "hole" before widespread deployments of DRM in the late 1990s.
		The term "analog hole" was first popularized by the Motion Picture Association of America and some of its members during speeches and legislative advocacy in 2002; this term later fell into disrepute within the industry, being replaced by "analog reconversion problem" and similar terms.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Analog_Hole (727 words)

	1394 Trade Association: Press
		Analog component video does not generally have a copy protection system in use, although there are systems for low resolution signals.
		The analog connection between HD source components and displays is referred to as the "analog hole" by the content community, and they want to plug the hole.
		Others, such as myself, believe that the "analog hole" was created by the content community by their refusal to support standards such as IEEE 1394 with 5C copy protection years ago, before manufacturers geared up digital television production.
	www.1394ta.org /Press/2002Press/august/8.b.htm (3965 words)

	analog hole (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Analog Hole refers to a fundamental vulnerability in copy protection schemes for digital content which is intended to be played back using analog means.
		When the information is converted to analog form, there are no restrictions on the resulting analog signal, and the content can be captured back into digital form with no restrictions.
		Though this kind of reproduction is not a digital copy, and therefore may have flaws, depending on the quality of reproduction methods used.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Analog_hole.html (224 words)

	Cruelty to Analog: And MPAA Sayeth, Let There Be 5 States for Analog
		The work of the ARDG is to develop a fix for the "analog hole" -- the fact that anything that emerges from an analog output can easily be redigitized.
		In their view, since all digital outputs will be hobbled by "content protection" technology, we must plug the "analog hole" to somehow make sure that the analog output stays at least as hobbled as the digital.
		If you think analog is only good for supporting legacy devices, then your view of the "analog hole problem" is likely to be very different from someone who thinks of analog outputs as an innovation opportunity.
	analog.blogs.eff.org /archives/000275.html (714 words)

	American Antitrust Institute - Activities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Using an analog output and reducing resolution is the same number of steps as using a digital output and reducing resolution—and could even be the same equipment one would use to capture a digital signal.
		A solution for the analog hole remedy is absolutely necessary for the Flag scheme to achieve its purported goals.
		Such a DTV converter box would have to have analog interfaces to connect with existing TV receivers—block the analog hole, and you destroy the converter-box path to DTV.
	www.antitrustinstitute.org /recent2/278.cfm (1998 words)

	EFF: EFFector Vol. 16, No. 34, December 4, 2003
		In an effort to solve this "analog hole" or "analog reconversion" problem, the studios have convened a group called the Analog Reconversion Discussion Group (ARDG), which recently solicited proposals from a number of companies for a solution.
		In the name of "parity" or "equality" between analog and digital video signals, they have proposed to eliminate, by law, much of the flexibility that the public currently enjoys in its use of analog video.
		In response to the proposals for plugging the analog hole, EFF has filed comments with the ARDG that will be included in its final report.
	www.eff.com /effector/16/34.php (2097 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The "analog hole" refers to a different MPAA legislative push, which does relate to regulating analog-to-digital converters because they can digitize video signals (and the result will be free of use restrictions).
		MPAA started talking about them at around the same time, and the continued existence of the analog hole is one of several significant weaknesses in the broadcast flag scheme.
		MPAA now prefers the term "analog reconversion problem" to "analog hole" -- too bad for them they did such a good job promoting their original term.
	www.rickbradley.com /misc/schoen-20030909.html (276 words)

	Consensus at Lawyerpoint: Group to discuss "Analog Hole" may be formed
		At Wednesday's CPTWG meeting, attendees heard reports from proponents of the formation of a new CPTWG sub-group, to be called the "Analog Working Group" or the "Analog Issues Discussion Group".
		Although the group would not be charged with developing legislation, it is difficult to imagine that any recommended measure to control digitization could be widely implemented voluntarily.
		We've discussed the "Analog Hole" before, and noted that Hollywood studios have called for the formation of an "inter-industry" discussion forum on this topic.
	bpdg.blogs.eff.org /archives/000235.html (511 words)

	THE BASICS OF DIGITAL TELEVISION
		While analog and digital television broadcasts have a modulated carrier wave, the way that signal is modulated is quite different.
		Analog TV uses an amplitude-modulated (AM) signal for pictures and frequency modulation (FM) for audio, while DTV signals use digital "packets", or bursts of data, to transmit pictures and audio.
		Switching from an analog TV system that is subject to impulse noise, ghosts, color errors, and "snow" to an all-digital system will make a tremendous difference.
	www.avsforum.com /hdtvfaq/HDTV-FAQ.htm?HDPictures.com (3360 words)

	The analog hole \| Tech & Stuff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The article shows that, after being carefully kept from the praying hand of ones trying to perform it or copy it for almost 300 years, it felt pray to the same trap most modern DRM and copy protection systems fall to.
		The ears transfer function can always be simulated by an analog or digital filter (software) and provide a satisfying render of the acoustic content.
		This is analogous to 1024k military encryption which can eventually be cracked when quantum computers become available.
	jpinto.homeip.net /node/view/29 (790 words)

	SPACE.com -- Desktop Black Hole Possibly on the Horizon
		It's as though a hole were punched in the very fabric of space and time.
		Visser cautioned that remaining technological hurdles are "highly nontrivial." And if a simple analog fl hole is developed, it could take a few more years to develop a sophisticated version that would answer a broader range of questions.
		Instead, they would only be analogous to real fl holes but would, if all goes well, simulate some of their properties.
	www.space.com /scienceastronomy/astronomy/desktop_blackhole_010123.html (1331 words)

	Talk:Tori Amos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Maybe if you read the analog hole article youde understand what I meant instead of just compulsivly replying and not even understanding what I am talking about.
		And if you mean disable the analog input, well if a ripper takes it to his computer he can just turn on analog input.
		As I menctioned a while ago the problem with this is the analog hole.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Tori_Amos (3421 words)

	DRM Watch: SunnComm Merges with Analog Hole Plugger DarkNoise
		It's analogous to certain ink techniques for printed documents that are nearly invisible but become highly visible on photocopies of the document, thereby making it clear that the document is not an original.
		The DarkNoise technology is meant to address what media industry people call the "analog hole," i.e., the idea that there is no way to prevent copying of content when it's in analog form, such as recording a CD onto an audio tape, scanning and OCR-ing a publication, or camcording a movie in a theater.
		Yet as much as the media industry bemoans the analog hole, media company copyright lawyers always offer it up as a sort of "workaround" to rigid DRM schemes for digital content as a way to exercise private copying or other so-called fair use rights.
	www.drmwatch.com /drmtech/article.php/3308881 (443 words)

	Digital Television: An Overview
		Because DTV signals cannot be received through the existing analog television broadcasting system (known as NTSC (7)) the FCC decided to phase in DTV over a period of years, so that consumers would not have to immediately purchase new digital television sets or converters.
		The FCC set a target date of 2006 for broadcasters to cease broadcasting the analog signal and return their existing analog television spectrum licenses to be auctioned for other commercial purposes.
		Consumers can continue to use analog TV sets until the broadcasters return the analog TV licenses to the FCC, after which, a set-top digital converter box could be used to enable the analog TV set to receive the DTV signal.
	www.thememoryhole.org /crs/more-reports/RL31260.htm (12157 words)

	Microsoft, Macrovision plug the analog hole.
		Analog Devices Inc., whose high-speed products research center is in Greensboro, released its new Blackfin electronic processor that apparently makes new digital cameras, car computer systems and even Microsoft software run faster.
		There are some undercurrents that IE still has a hole in it and the patch released Friday did not fully do the job.
		There are similar devices available in the US - it's essentially what Vonage sells you when you get the service, albeit not exactly the same standards - but it's sort of interesting to see it actually on the router itself, as a sign that we're moving towards one point of entry for all household data.
	www.stargeek.com /item/289474.html (2630 words)

	Encyclopedia: Analog Hole
		digital content which is intended to be played back using An analog or analogue signal is any continuously variable signal.
		However, this kind of reproduction is not a digital copy, and therefore will have flaws, the magnitude of the flaws depending on the quality of reproduction methods used.
		A few methods have attempted to "plug" the analog hole, and have met with limited success.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Analog-Hole (837 words)

	[No title]
		The analog hole has been defined by Richard Parsons, CEO of AOL Time Warner at the Senate Judiciary Hearing of March 14th, 2002 as: “Video content, even when delivered digitally in a protected manner, must be converted to an unprotected analog format to be viewed on the millions of analog television sets in consumer homes.
		Technology to address the “analog hole” exists and can be applied to provide the protection necessary to prevent unauthorized redistribution of broadcast content and help ensure consumers can benefit from new content, distributed in new ways, using the new technologies that are becoming increasingly widespread.
		However structured, the work to address the “analog hole” needs to be completed coincident with proposals to adopt or mandate use of the broadcast flag in order to provide the necessary protection of unencrypted digital broadcast television.
	www.cptwg.org /Assets/TEXT%20FILES/BPDG/Tab%20O.doc (3299 words)

	Cruelty to Analog: Analog Reconversion Discussion Group draft charter
		This is a charter for a discussion group to address the "redigitization" or "reconversion" issue -- best known as the "analog hole".
		Charter by CPTWG: Examine technologies and systems with a view to identifying technological tools that may be relevant to addressing security issues arising from the conversion of protected, commercial audiovisual content from digital to analog format and reconversion to digital format.
		The group would also consider the potential application of such tools in the conversion of native analog material to digital format.
	analog.blogs.eff.org /archives/000239.html (489 words)

	CPSR - document_view (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The second section, "Plugging the Analog Hole," reveals Hollywood's plan to turn a generic technology component, the humble analog-to-digital converter, into a device that is subject to a regulatory regimen that America traditionally reserves for dangerous drugs and weapons.
		An ADC's job is to take samples of the strength (amplitude) of some analog signal (light, sound, motion, temperature) at some interval (frequency) and convert the results to a numerical value.
		This is absolutely lawful, but under the "analog hole" proposal, providing the tools to make such unauthorized uses would be illegal.
	www.cpsr.org /publications/newsletters/issues/2002/Summer/doctorow.html (1539 words)

	Copyfutures: Plugging the Analog Hole
		The "analog hole" is often viewed as the ultimate weapon in thwarting copyright.
		Other attempts to plug the analog hole have been proposed but have not materialized on a practical, consumer-oriented level.
		Although the article focuses mostly on the practical use aspects of the technology, it is interesting to ponder whether the analog hole is truly "unpluggable".
	lsolum.typepad.com /copyfutures/2004/09/plugging_the_an.html (792 words)

	Analog Hole Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Analog Hole Info - Bored Net - Boredom
		The Analog Hole refers to digital content that has copy protection.
		Regardless of the digital protections, if music can be played on speakers, it can also be recorded.
	www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/a/an/analog_hole.html (83 words)

	A Deal to Plug Analog Gap in Digital Media (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		That's one of the issues facing the industry: how to bring a complex mix of digital media content to the market, formatted for a variety of form factors, and satisfy all the rights and cuts of the content that all the participants in the media expect.
		The more the holes are plugged, the more willing people and content providers are to pour content in.
		Macrovision's system already addresses analog protections, but the agreement is expected to bolster existing protections.
	www.internetnews.com /bus-news/article.php/3469041 (846 words)

	[Boing Boing Blog] Cruelty to Analog: the effort to plug theanalog hole
		The group, called the Analog Reconversion Discussion Group (ARDG -- pronounced "Argh!") is hewing to the secretive principles that kept the Broadcast Flag negotiation out of the public eye.
		However, anyone not working for the press with $100 and a plane ticket to LAX may attend the meetings and report on their proceedings.
		So EFF has started a new blog to chronicle the negotiation, called "Cruelty to Analog." The blog will be updated with reports from each of the ARDG's meetings, its draft documents and position papers -- all the news that's fit to blog.
	www.mail-archive.com /cryptography@wasabisystems.com/msg03366.html (271 words)

	EETimes.com - Plugging the analog hole (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Studios remain at odds with the PC and consumer electronics industries on the next steps, including the emerging problem of how to plug the hole created when unprotected analog trans-missions are intercepted and digitized.
		Skip Pizzi, Microsoft Corp.'s manager for media standards and regulation, said plugging the analog hole "is just one aspect" of a much bigger copy-protection problem.
		Rather than simply plugging the analog hole, both sides acknowledged the need to consider a comprehensive solution to copy protection.
	www.eetimes.com /article/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=18307546&sub_taxonomyID=6256 (1434 words)

	Hollywood wants its finger in the analog hole \| The Register
		But the third is a spectacularly optimistic punt that seeks to restrict the import, sale or distribution of equipment that performs analog to digital conversions.
		Entitled the "Analog Hole Legislation Discussion Draft" the paper proposes the introduction of an "Analog Content Security Preservation Act Of 2005", amending Title 35 of the US Code.
		There are exemptions for certain free-to-air broadcasts, and the whole venture is slightly moot in any case, as the US proposes to turn off analog broadcasts by 2008.
	www.theregister.co.uk /2005/11/02/analog_hole (436 words)

	CoCo: Into the Analog Hole
		In the U.S. the analogue hole was one of the points of critique on the broadcast flag scheme, which sees to protect digital over the air television with a copy protection technology.
		This was one of the reasons for the Federal Communications Commission, under pressure of the content industry, to push for a quick adaptation of the broadcast flag.
		That is, before the "video jacks" of unprotected devices would transform the analogue hole in a fl hole, sucking the content on to the internet.
	constitutionalcode.blogspot.com /2005/02/into-analog-hole.html (280 words)

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