Rep. Boucher (D-Va.) called on FCC to publish proposed final vers...
Rep. Boucher (D-Va.) called on FCC to publish proposed final version of cable industry’s digital copy protection technology license for public comment, echoing earlier calls by consumer electronics industry. In 2-page letter to FCC Chmn. Powell Fri., Boucher, member…
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of House Commerce Committee, said cable’s POD-Host Interface License Agreement (PHILA) should be published for comment because of concerns that “through the use of anticopying technologies, the license may open the door to substantial abridgement of time-honored home recording rights.” Boucher argued that by issuing license for public comment, agency could “learn of these concerns” and “act in a timely manner” to protect home recoding rights. “Given the importance of the license to the competitive availability of navigation devices and given the substantial concern which attends the anticopy protection capabilities contemplated by the license, the solicitation of public comment on the license is urgently needed,” he wrote.