The Report stated that the broadcast flag received broad consensus. How can that be possible when they were so many dissents?
MPAA answer: Broad consensus was reached on the “broadcast flag” descriptor and most issues relating to compliance and robustness. There was near unanimous agreement on the broadcast flag descriptor itself. There were a few dissenting views regarding some compliance and robustness recommendations, but of some 70 organizations that participated in the BPDG, only some 14 submitted dissenting comments on one or more issues. Of these 14 dissenters, six were self-styled “consumer” groups that appear to be opposed in principle to any restraints whatsoever on the reproduction and redistribution of content. EFF comment: Most manufacturers of “Covered Products” did not participate in the discussion, and most of the “70 organizations” do not produce “Covered Products”. To put this another way, most of these 70 organizations are not the manufacturers or consumers who would be most directly affected by the BPDG’s rules! (For example, most of the makers of digital TV tuner cards were not consulted,
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