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Cox's Copyright Control Information (CCI) Policy
It appears to me that any HD stream provided by Cox is limited to 0x01 or 0x02 with the exception of Over The Airwaves (OTA) public programing and local stations. I've noticed that the limitation applies to non-HD channels such as the Military Channel, PBS Kids and Nick JR, as well as the HD programming.
In 1984, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), deciding Universal City Studios, Inc. et al. v. Sony Corporation of America Inc. et al., ruled that:
"Any individual may reproduce a copyrighted work for a "fair use"; the copyright owner does not possess the exclusive right to such a use. "
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"Private, noncommercial time-shifting in the home satisfies this standard of noninfringing uses both because respondents have no right to prevent other copyright holders from authorizing such time-shifting for their programs, and because the District Court's findings reveal that even the unauthorized home time-shifting of respondents' programs is legitimate fair use."
In 2003, the FCC issued the Plug and Play Ruling (CS Docket No. 97-80, PP Docket No. 00-67), specifies the MAXIMUM level of restriction is 0x02, which it DOES NOT REQUIRE.
Given that Cox could have chosen to allow unrestricted copying, which would allow off-line storage and be in line with SCOTUS ruling, why has Cox instead chosen to implement the maximum restriction presently allowed by the FCC?
DrDuty411
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13 years ago
Come to think of it I'd love to be able to record for personal use not to sell some of my favorite TV programs in HD so you bring up a great topic here DoubleL.
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DoubleL
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13 years ago
Will a Cox representative please reply? I've posted this question in the forums because I believe that the response Cox provides should be of interest to all Cox customers.
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Mr__Coffee
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13 years ago
Color me interested as well.
Cox Arizona seems to have gone crazy with the CCI bit.
Cox is not even consistent across the US. Here's a list of what they have in each state enabled for CCI:
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=451107
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ColleenD
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13 years ago
DoubleL, this is being investigated and as soon as we pin down some of the finer points of the FCC regulations we will update this post accordingly.
Thank you for your patience while we continue to look into this matter!
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wees41
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13 years ago
Colleen D when this gets sorted out may I suggest going system by system and making sure every channel is marked correctly? I know when I had cox equipement a motorola dvr the CCI byte on the local channels was set incorrectly in Omaha.
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bryaninphx
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13 years ago
I too would like to see these Copy Protections (CCI Byte=0x02, Copy Once) eliminated and changed to Copy Freely, 0x00.
As is it now Cox is not consistent with their implementation from market to market. So it would seem Cox Corp does not have a strict policy. Cox Orange Co CA and Cox New England are mostly Copy Freely, 0x00.
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wees41
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13 years ago
I think a better chance would be CCI byte be what the broadcasters require.
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StephanieA
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12 years ago
Hi Everyone.
The copy protections standards we apply are consistent with the agreements Cox has with various programmers to carry their cable content. We assure that these comport with the copy protection rules set forth in Section 76.1904(b) of the FCC’s Rules and Regulations as well.
Stephanie A
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