**DA 04-2605**

**August 24, 2004**

**Certifications for Digital Output Protection Technologies and
Recording Methods to be Used in**

**Covered Demodulator Products**

**Comment/Opposition Date: September 13, 2004**

**Reply to Opposition Date: September 23, 2004**

By this Public Notice, the Commission announces the start of a twenty
(20) day comment and opposition window regarding the following
certifications for digital output protection technologies and recording
methods:

  ----------------------- ----------------------------------- -----------
  **Certifying Entity or  **Technology or Recording Method**  **Docket
  Entities**                                                  Number**

  DivXNetworks, Inc.      DivX DRM                            MB 04-298
  ----------------------- ----------------------------------- -----------

On November 4, 2003, the Commission issued an *Order and Further Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking* establishing a redistribution control content
protection system for digital broadcast television.[^1] This system
includes compliance and robustness rules for Covered Demodulator
Products which permits digital broadcast television content to be output
in one of several ways, including via digital outputs protected by an
Authorized Digital Output Protection Technology or to an Approved
Recording Method.[^2] The Commission also adopted an interim approval
process for digital output protection technologies and recording
methods.[^3] Section 73.9008(c) details the timing and procedures
related to the receipt of certifications under this process filed after
the initial certification window.[^4] Comments and oppositions to any
such certification must be received within twenty (20) days after the
date of public notice of its filing.[^5]

The Commission has not yet undertaken a substantive review of the
certifications identified above, makes no representation to the
completeness thereof, and reserves the right to dismiss or take other
appropriate action should the certifications contain insufficient
information to evaluate the appropriateness of the underlying digital
output protection technology or recording method.[^6]

**When to file.** Comments or oppositions must be filed during the
relevant twenty (20) day window.

**How to file.** [All comments or oppositions must be filed in the
relevant docket(s) identified in this Public Notice]{.underline}.
Comments or oppositions should have the caption "In the Matter of:
Digital Output Protection Technology and Recording Method
Certifications: DivX DRM."

**Where to file.** Comments may be filed using the Commission\'s
Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) or by filing paper copies.
[See]{.underline} [Electronic Filing of Documents in Rulemaking
Proceedings]{.underline}, 63 Fed. Reg. 24121 (1998).

Comments filed through the ECFS can be sent as an electronic file via
the Internet to \<http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/ecfs.html\>. Generally, only
one copy of an electronic submission must be filed. If multiple docket
numbers are applicable, however, commenters must transmit one electronic
copy of the comments to each docket. In completing the transmittal
screen, commenters should include their full name, U.S. Postal Service
mailing address, and the applicable docket or rulemaking number. Parties
may also submit an electronic comment by Internet e-mail. To get filing
instructions for e-mail comments, commenters should send an e-mail to
ecfs@fcc.gov, and should include the following words in the body of the
message, \"get form \<your e-mail address\>.\" A sample form and
directions will be sent in reply.

Parties who choose to file by paper must file an original and four
copies of each filing. Filings can be sent by hand or messenger
delivery, by commercial overnight courier, or by first-class or
overnight U.S. Postal Service mail (although we continue to experience
delays in receiving U.S. Postal Service mail). The Commission\'s
contractor, Natek, Inc., will receive hand-delivered or
messenger-delivered paper filings for the Commission\'s Secretary at 236
Massachusetts Avenue, N.E., Suite 110, Washington, D.C. 20002. The
filing hours at this location are 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. All hand
deliveries must be held together with rubber bands or fasteners. Any
envelopes must be disposed of before entering the building. Commercial
overnight mail (other than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail and Priority
Mail) must be sent to 9300 East Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, MD
20743. U.S. Postal Service first-class mail, Express Mail, and Priority
Mail should be addressed to 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20554.
All filings must be addressed to the Commission\'s Secretary, Office of
the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.

**Subsequent filings.** If an objection is raised with respect to a
certification within the twenty (20) day opposition window, the
certifying entity may file a reply within ten (10) days after the close
of the twenty (20) day opposition window.[^7] [Any reply must also be
filed in the docket(s) identified in this Public Notice.]{.underline}

Copies of this Public Notice in accessible formats are available to
persons with disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio
format), by sending an email to <fcc504@fcc.gov> or by calling the
Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice),
202-418-0432 (TTY).

Media Bureau Contacts: Rick Chessen, Susan Mort at (202) 418-7200

Press Inquiries: Suzon Cameron at (202) 418-1916 or (202) 418-7200

-FCC-

[^1]: *Digital Broadcast Content Protection*, *Order and Further Notice
    of Proposed Rulemaking*, 18 FCC Rcd 23,550 (2003).

[^2]: *See* 47 C.F.R. §§ 73.9003(a), 73.9004(a).

[^3]: *See id*. § 73.9008.

[^4]: *Id*. § 73.9008(c).

[^5]: *Id.* § 73.9008(c)(1).

[^6]: *Id.* § 73.9008(b)(2).

[^7]: *See id.* §§ 73.9008(b)(2)-(3).