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March 27, 2002

[BPDG Drafts]
March 26 discussion draft

We've now published the March 26 discussion draft of BPDG Compliance and Robustness Rules. Hot off the presses! Featuring such customer-friendly gems as:
A Covered Product shall not record or cause the recording of Marked Content in digital form unless such recording is made using one of the following methods: [a method that uses an encryption protocol, or other means at least as effective, to uniquely associate such recording with a single Covered Product so that such recording cannot be accessed in usable form by another product except where such recording (or a copy thereof) is passed to another product as permitted under this Section [a method that uses an Authorized Recording Method for Removable Media technology, or other means at least as effective, to uniquely associate such recording with a single Covered Product so that such recording cannot be played on another product and that no further usable copies may be made thereof except by such Covered Product] or an Authorized Recording Method, in accordance with any obligations set out in Table A applicable to such Authorized Recording Method [(provided that for recordings made on removable media, only Authorized Recording Methods expressly identified on Table A...

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