MPAA: opposition to selectable output control "astonishing"

[admin]

The Motion Picture Association of America met with the Federal Communications Commission late last week to blast its opponents, who are leery of granting Hollywood the right to limit output on HDTVs and other devices. Michael O’Leary and Frank Cavaliere of the MPAA told FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein that critics of a proposed waiver on selectable output control (SOC) are living in the past. The duo responded to charges by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) that SOC could hobble millions of HTDVs. Broadcast lobbyist Eddie Fritts of the Fritts Group also attended the meeting.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081203-mpaa-opposition-to-selectable-output-control-astonishing.html

[doctorhardware]

What would be the point of investing in HD only to have the picture quality degarded due the greed of th MPAA.