The Broadcast Flag Rule

The broadcast flag was a single bit, a zero or a one, that could be imbedded in the header of a d t v broadcast. If it was set to one, then any equipment that encountered that one would pretend that the unincripted video that it accompanied was actually incripted. Imagine if you had a rule that said that buildings erected on public lands couldn't have door locks, because public buildings should be opened to the public. The broadcast flag solution would be to institute a rule that says, if the door knob of one of these buildings has a sign hanging on it that as locked, then everyone must behave as though the door were locked.