FCC To Control What You Can/Can't Record From TV  At the MPAA’s
behest, the FCC granted Selectable Output Control, which means
you won’t be able to record certain “high value” stuff off your
TV, ZeroPaid reports:  So what will a world of TV DRM look like?
You don’t have to look far to find comparisons. Just look at the
CD vs. the DVD. The CD doesn’t have much in the way of
limitations and it can be used anywhere in the world. The DVD
has DRM encoded on to each disc and now you suddenly can’t skip
ads encoded in to the movie. You also have to worry about region
codes, so it really depends on what place in the world you can
watch specific movies.  On the CD, you can copy the contents and
make back-ups. On the DVD, you can’t legally make a back-up copy
as long as the local laws prohibit anti-circumvention. Don’t
worry, in countries that don’t have such laws, businesses are
prospering as a result of other countries prohibiting the
manufacturing and distribution of anti-circumvention technology.
Good thing the US