DTV Encryption Vexes Broadcasters

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WASHINGTON — Embedded anti-piracy measures that protect digital television programming delivered over cable systems but not when it’s delivered over the airwaves could spark a serious decline in broadcast television, the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee said Thursday.

“If the best program is protected only on cable, we all know what Americans are going to receive over the air,” said Rep. Billy Tauzin, R-La., chairman of the House Commerce Committee. “It will not be the best.

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