Encoding Rules Clause Samples

Encoding Rules. Capitalized terms used in this Section 5.1 and not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meaning given to such terms in the Compliance Rules to the Form Adopter Agreement. 5.1.1 Content Distributor shall not encode, or direct to be encoded, using CI PLUS, Controlled Content so as to prevent or limit copying or re-transmission thereof in Licensed Products except as follows: (i) COPY NEVER Controlled Content delivered as follows may be encoded and transmitted as Copy Never content a) Pay-Per-View b) Subscription-on-Demand c) Video on Demand, d) Undefined Business Models that are comparable to any of the foregoing In the use of Copy Never, Content Distributor shall encode, or direct to be encoded, such content so as to cause the Retention Limit to be set to at least ninety (90) minutes. (ii) COPY ONE GENERATION Controlled Content delivered as follows may be encoded and transmitted as Copy One Generation content a) Pay-Per-View b) Subscription-on-Demand c) Video on Demand, d) Pay Television transmission e) Non-Premium Subscription Television f) Free Conditional Access Delivery g) Undefined Business Models that are Comparable to any of the foregoing (iii) EPN Controlled Content delivered as follows may be encoded and transmitted as EPN content a) Pay-Per-View b) Subscription-on-Demand c) Video on Demand, d) Pay Television transmission e) Non-Premium Subscription Television f) Free Conditional Access Delivery g) Undefined Business Models that are Comparable to any of the foregoing 5.1.2 For purposes of this Agreement, to “encode, or direct to be encoded, using CI PLUS” means to cause or direct the inclusion of particular copy control information in Controlled Content as described in the Specification so as to cause CI PLUS (including, for avoidance of doubt, EPN and the ICT) to be used to protect such Controlled Content. For avoidance of doubt, “to encode, or direct to be encoded, using the ICT” and “to encode, or direct to be encoded, using EPN” are included in the definition of “to encode, or direct to be encoded, using CI PLUS.” a) Pay-per-View b) Subscription on Demand c) Video on Demand d) Undefined Business Models that are Comparable to any of the foregoing e) Or any other Conditional Access Delivery of a Program that had a theatrical release, or was released direct-to-video, and is transmitted or delivered uninterrupted by Commercial Advertising Messages. For purposes of this Section 5.1, to “encode, or direct to be encoded, using ICT” means ...

Encoding Rules. Capitalized terms used in this Section 5.1 and not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meaning given to such terms in the Compliance Rules. 5.1.1 Content Distributor shall not encode, or direct to be encoded, using CI PLUS, Controlled Content and/or ECP Controlled Content so as to prevent or limit copying or re-transmission thereof in Licensed Products except as follows, and in any case to no more strict encoding rule than available to non-CI PLUS devices within the same distribution network.

Encoding Rules. (a) Content Participant shall not encode, or direct to be encoded, using DTCP, Commercial Audiovisual Content so as to prevent or limit copying thereof in Licensed Products except as follows: (i) to prevent or limit copying of Prerecorded Media, Video on Demand, Pay- Per-View, Subscription-on-Demand, and Undefined Business Models that are Comparable to any of the foregoing; and (ii) to prevent or limit copying, other than such first generation of copies as are permitted under the Compliance Rules, of Pay Television Transmissions, Non-Premium Subscription Television, Free Conditional Access Delivery, and Undefined Business Models that are Comparable to any of the foregoing. (b) Content Participant shall not encode, or direct to be encoded, using DTCP, Commercial Audiovisual Content so as to prevent or limit the retransmission thereof except as follows: (i) Content Participant may encode, or direct to be encoded, using DTCP, Commercial Audiovisual Content pursuant to Section 5.1(a); (ii) Content Participant may encode, or direct to be encoded, using EPN, any Defined Business Models other than Other EPN Eligible Broadcast Television and any Undefined Business Models that are Comparable to such Defined Business Models, in each case in accordance with the terms of paragraphs (A)-(C) of this Section 5.1(b)(ii): (A) Content Protection Indicators shall be set to assert EPN in accordance with the Specification. (B) CGMS-A, if present, shall be encoded as “Copy Freely” in accordance with the CGMS-A specifications contained in IEC 61880 (for inclusion on Line 20) or in CEA-608-B (for inclusion on Line 21) or in CEA-805-A (for inclusion on Line 41), as applicable. (C) APS trigger bits, if present, shall be encoded so as not to trigger the application of the Automatic Gain Control and Colorstripe copy control system, in accordance with the document entitled “Specification of the Macrovision Copy Protection Process for DVD Products, Revision 7.1.D1, September 30, 1999.” (iii) Content Participant may, solely as expressly authorized under Section 5.3, encode, or direct to be encoded, using EPN: (A) Other EPN Eligible Broadcast Television and (B) Undefined Business Models that are Comparable to Other EPN Eligible Broadcast Television. (c) Content Participant may encode, or direct to be encoded the DTCP Digital Only Token or the DTCP Analog Sunset Token for Video-on-Demand, Pay-Per-View, Subscription-on-Demand, Pay Television Transmissions, Non-Premium Subscription Televisi...

Encoding Rules. Adopter acknowledges that Content Participants may only encode Commercial Audiovisual Content using DTCP2 to prevent or limit copying as set out in Sections 2.1.1, 2.1.2, and 2.1.5 with respect to the encoding of Commercial Audiovisual Content that is distributed or transmitted via either Defined Business Models or Undefined Business Models that are Comparable to such Defined Business Models, in either case only as distributed or transmitted in Japan, any member state of the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, or New Zealand (each a “Major Recorder Market”). If government or quasi-government regulations or rules allow further restrictions on copying, such regulations or rules may take precedence over these Encoding Rules.