A. appeals court Friday threw out new federal rules to require anti-piracy technology that would have limited how consumers could record and watch their favorite television programs in the future. The technology, known Lady wants real sex Winifrede as the broadcast, would have been required after July 1 for televisions equipped to receive new digital signals, personal computers and VCR-type recording devices. The broadcast would permit entertainment companies to designate programs to prevent viewers from copying shows or distributing them over the Internet. Entertainment companies said the technology was needed to block viewers from recording high-quality, digital versions of television shows and films and distributing them free online. Friday's ruling was no real surprise. During courtroom arguments. Circuit Judge T. Edwards told the FCC it had "crossed the line" by requiring the new anti-piracy technology for next-generation television devices and rhetoriy asked the FCC whether it also intended to regulate household appliances. "You've gone too far," Edwards told the FCC's lawyer. "Are washing machines next?"