We've written about the request from the MPAA to the FCC to grant a waiver that would allow the MPAA to use "selectable output control" (SOC) in order to block DVRs from recording their movies.

As we noted , the movie studios basically would like to add in another movie release window, letting movies appear on television before they're released on DVD.

Of course, there's absolutely nothing stopping them from doing so today. However, they claim that it's...