Seth Schoen, the Electronic Frontier Foundation staffer who watched the evolution of the broadcast flag through Hollywood's BPDG (Broadcast Protection Discussion Group), wrote in an FAQ last year warned that Hollywood also wants to plug 'the analog hole' - enabling legislation to regulate, for example, Analog to Digital converters. So US citizens a choice between a slow strangulation and rapid asphyxiation. In time, analog broadcasts will be turned off. The window that permitted viewers two decades legitimate home taping appears to have closed.