Thomson and its SmartRight partners have begun ‘private discussio...
Thomson and its SmartRight partners have begun “private discussions” with the MPAA to develop criteria for remote content access controls so the “full functionality” of the system “can be exploited for the benefit of consumers,” Thomson told the FCC…
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last week. Its comments were a response to a petition for reconsideration the MPAA had filed at the FCC a week earlier, urging the Commission to require imposition of proximity controls for SmartRight and TiVo’s TiVoGuard technologies. In its order certifying 13 broadcast flag technologies, the FCC had said it wasn’t inclined to impose mandatory proximity controls “where other reasonable constraints” exist. In its reply to the MPAA petition, Thomson said SmartRight’s commitment to impose proximity controls voluntarily, without the FCC requiring it, “was reiterated immediately and publicly upon the Commission’s approval of the SmartRight system, and remains fully in force today.” Thomson said “SmartRight is hopeful that a future private agreement on remote access might provide helpful guidance to the Commission as it continues its deliberations” in the broadcast flag rulemaking.