June 12, 2008

Hollywood Studios Seek Control Over Delivering Movies to Homes

Hoping to persuade federal regulators to close a piracy loophole, Hollywood studios are dangling the prospect of allowing consumers to watch newly released movies at home. In exchange, the studios want new rights to block video from being sent over the cables that many consumers currently use to connect their televisions to their cable boxes.

[via The Wall Street Journal]

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