The EFF is concerned as well as you should be that approx 1 year from now new equipment used to record television must build their devices to watch for a broadcast “flag” embedded in programs by copyright holders.
So what does this mean to you well you will no longer be able to exercise your fair use rights to programming that you have paid for. All of you geeks out their and those worried about fair use need to check out the battle plan that the EFF has put together. [EFF’s Digital Television Liberation Front]