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 | | The broadcast copy protection flag may be the most misunderstood and vilified concept in the history of digital video. |
 | | The furor over the broadcast flag for copy protection of digital content—the bane, basis, or necessary evil of the DTV rollout, depending on whom you ask—emanates from Hollywood's fear of repeating another unpleasant chapter in digital entertainment history: the audio CD debacle of the early 1980s. |
 | | When the Red Book standard for audio CD was released, its authors ignored copy protection since it was assumed that only legitimate consumer electronic devices would be accessing the discs. |
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