What provisions prevent DMCA from dictating the design of home recording devices or interfering with consumer viewing?
At HRRC’s initiative, the no mandate and playability provisions were added. The “no mandate”provision (17 U.S.C. 1201(c)(3)) says that the DMCA cannot be interpreted so as to require consumer electronics, computer, or telecommunications products, or their components, to be designed to conform to “technical measures,” so long as the DMCA is otherwise complied with. The “playability” language (in the Conference Report) says that such “technical measures” need not be complied with at the expense of quality receipt of the programming.
