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The present invention pertains to the field of the broadcasting of data representative of contents, such as audiovisual data. It relates also to the field of the protection of such data against copying, in particular in a digital home network environment.
It is currently known to broadcast audiovisual programmes (for example films or retransmissions of sports events) according to a so-called "Pay Per View" (PPV) mode of access. This mode of access allows a user to view a film or a particular event once on payment of a specified price. This mode of access is generally offered in addition to a subscription taken out by the user with the broadcaster who gives him the right to access a certain number of broadcast programmes on payment of his subscription.
In order that the programmes be received only by the users who have paid to receive them, they are generally protected by a so-called conditional access system in which the broadcast data are scrambled in a manner well known per se.
For their part, content providers, for example film producers, want it not to be possible to unrestrictedly copy broadcast data, especially the data broadcast in PPV mode.
This is why anticopy protection systems have already been proposed in the past in which a state "copy free", "one (or N) copy (copies) authorized", "private copy authorized" or "copy never" is associated with the broadcast data. These states may naturally be slightly different from one protection system to another. The data broadcast in PPV mode generally have the "copy never" state, that is to say any recording device possessing an anticopy protection system must not agree to record them, or at least if the data are recorded, it must not be possible to play them back subsequently.
The present invention aims to offer a novel mode of possible access to broadcast data while guaranteeing the data providers equally reliable protection against the copying of these data.
The invention relates accordingly to a process for transmitting data representative of a content which comprises the steps consisting in:
(a) receiving data in a first device, said data containing at least one anticopy protection system identifier;
(b) verifying whether the first device is connected to a data recording device by a digital bus; and in case of positive verification:
(c) verifying whether the first device comprises a module implementing an anticopy protection system whose identifier is included in said data; and in case of positive verification:
(d) offering a user access to the said data according to a first mode of access authorizing the recording of the said data; and
in case of negative verification in step (b) or step (c):
(e) offering a user access to the said data according to a second mode of access not authorizing the recording of the said data.
The first mode of access preferably corresponds to a mode which will be called "Pay Per View and Record" (PPVR) according to which the broadcast data are recorded by a recording device at the same time as they are viewed by the user (the user is not however compelled to view the data at the same time as they are recorded). According to this mode of access, the user can thus access the recorded data as often as he wants. Moreover, this mode is offered only when the device which receives the data comprises an anticopy protection system which is agreed by the data broadcaster (and/or the content provider). The provider of the content and the broadcaster of the data representing this content may be the same but they are usually two different entities. The anticopy protection system(s) identifier or identifiers which are included in the broadcast data are preferably defined by the data broadcaster (possibly under the control of the content provider).
Thus, the data broadcaster (and the content provider) is assured that the copy made within the framework of a protection system which it knows will only be usable by the user who has been authorized to make it for payment.
The second mode of access preferably corresponds to the conventional PPV mode.
According to a particular embodiment of the invention, the process furthermore comprises the step consisting, in case of positive verification in step (c):
(i) in verifying whether the anticopy protection system belongs to a first category of systems using a mode of protection specific to the digital bus connecting the first device to the recording device, and in case of positive verification:
(j) in verifying whether at least one recording device to which the first device is connected comprises a module implementing the same anticopy protection system;
step (d) being implemented in case of positive verification in step (j) or of negative verification in step (i);
and step (e) being implemented in case of negative verification in step (j).
There are in fact two major categories of anticopy protection systems in home network environments:
When the anticopy protection system implemented in the first device belongs to the first category above, there is therefore provision, according to the preferred embodiment of the invention, to verify whether at least one recording device which is connected to the first device by a digital bus implements the same anticopy protection system. It is only in the case where this verification is positive that the PPVR mode of access will be offered to the user.
According to a preferred characteristic of the invention, the process furthermore consists, during step (d), in offering the user access to the data according to the second mode of access not authorizing the recording of the data. The user therefore has the choice, when the data reception data which it uses comprises an anticopy protection system recognized as reliable by the data broadcaster, between the PPVR mode of access and the PPV mode of access.
According to another characteristic of the invention, an option of purchase of the data according to the first mode of access to the data is offered to the user after a presentation of the data to the user. Thus, the user's choice is made in two stages: in a first stage, he chooses to view and/or listen to the data (if it is audiovisual data) and in a second stage, if he was pleased with this presentation of the data, he chooses to record them for his future use.
The invention can furthermore exhibit one or more of the following characteristics:
It will also be noted that the invention applies to the case where the first device and at least one recording device are implemented by separate appliances connected to a digital network, in particular a digital home network. The invention applies also to the case where the first device intended for receiving the data and a recording device are included in one and the same appliance while being connected together by a digital bus. Such an appliance is for example a digital decoder comprising a hard disk for recording the data.
The invention will be better understood on reading the description which follows, given merely by way of example and while referring to the appended drawings in which:
On its analogue input 17 the digital decoder 1 receives a broadcast content. The decoder is for example connected to a satellite antenna or to a cable network for receiving broadcast programmes. The data representative of the content are coded in the form of digital data packets but they are subsequently modulated and transmitted in analogue form for their broadcasting.
The decoder 1 comprises a content reception module 10 which demodulates the analogue data received and recovers the digital data packets. It subsequently transfers these data packets to a conditional access module (CA module) 11 which verifies that the user possesses the rights to access the content received. This type of module is well known per se. It may for example implement the MediaGuard™ conditional access system (MediaGuard™ is a registered trade mark of the company Canal+) or the Viaccess™ system (Viaccess™ is a registered trade mark of the company France Telecom).
When the CA module 11 has verified that the user has the right to access the data received, it transmits the data packets to an anticopy protection module (CP module) 13. This module implements one or more anticopy protection systems, in particular the SmartRight™ system (SmartRight™ is a registered trade mark of the company THOMSON multimedia) or the "DTCP" system ("DTCP" is an acronym of "Digital Transmission Content Protection", also known by the name "5C", further details of which may be found in the publication "5C Digital Transmission Content Protection White Paper", Rev. 1.0, Jul. 14, 1998, available at the following Internet address http://www.dtcp.com/).
The decoder 1 comprises a memory 15 (CP memory) in which is stored a list of the anticopy protection systems implemented in the decoder. It is assumed that each anticopy protection system possesses a unique reference number and that the memory 15 contains the reference numbers of the anticopy protection systems supported by the decoder. The CA module 11 can consult the CP memory 15 to ascertain the anticopy protection systems implemented in the decoder.
Preferably, the CA module 11 and CP module 13 and the CP memory 15 are included in one or more secure processors, for example contained in a smart card. In this case, the decoder comprises a smart card reader and the diagram of
The CP module 13 receives from the CA module 11 the packets of data representative of the content received and it transforms them according to the anticopy protection system implemented (for example by encrypting them or by encrypting only certain messages contained in these packets) before transmitting them to a digital bus interface 14 which broadcasts them, via the digital output port 16 of the decoder, over the bus 3.
The decoder also comprises a user interface module 12 which manages the dialogue between the various applications of the decoder and the user, for example for the selecting of the programmes received or to display messages intended for the user and to receive his responses.
For its part the digital video recorder 2 contains a conventional recording unit 20 and a digital bus interface 22 which receives data from the digital port 24 connected to the bus 3. It also optionally contains an anticopy protection module (CP module) 21 and a memory 23 (CP memory) containing a list of the anticopy protection systems implemented in the video recorder 2.
The CP module 21 and the CP memory 23 are optional since, as will be seen hereinbelow, for a first category of anticopy protection systems, it is necessary to perform a processing on the data at the level of the decoder 1, that is to say before the sending of the data over the digital bus 3, and at the level of the video recorder 2, that is to say before the recording of the data, whilst for a second category of anticopy protection systems, so-called "end-to-end" protection systems, it is not necessary to perform any processing on the data received from the digital bus by the video recorder 2.
When the CP module 21 and the CP memory 23 are present in the digital video recorder 2, it is necessary for at least one anticopy protection system which is common with those supported by the digital decoder 1 to be implemented in the CP module 21 so that the decoder can offer the user access to the data in "Pay Per View & Record" (PPVR) mode as we shall see hereinbelow. When at least one common anticopy protection system is implemented in the decoder 1 and in the video recorder 2, then the data received from the digital bus interface 22 are processed in the CP module 21 before being transmitted to the recording unit 20. For example the processing consists in a decrypting of data or a decrypting of certain messages contained in the data.
When a programme broadcaster wants to offer a content in PPV or PPVR mode, he inserts the following information into the broadcast data:
PPVR_data = {
for i = 1 to Number_CP_systems {
The field PPV_price indicates the price of the content in PPV mode, that is to say when the user can only view the content once. The field PPVR_price indicates the price of the content in PPVR mode, that is to say when the user can also record the content so as to view it as often as he wants. Naturally, the price PPVR_price is in principle higher than the price PPV_price.
The field Number_CP_systems indicates the number of anticopy protection systems which are regarded as reliable by the data broadcaster (or by the content provider). This number is in principle never zero. For each anticopy protection system regarded as reliable, a field CP_reference indicates the reference number of the system. This number is for example defined by a trusted third party in such a way that all those involved—programme broadcasters, content providers, manufacturers of decoder appliances or of video recorders or else providers of anticopy protection systems—share the same reference numbers. The reference numbers indicated in the fields CP_reference are the same as those which are stored in the CP memories 15 of the decoder 1 and 23 of the video recorder 2.
The item PPVR_data also contains for each anticopy protection system regarded as reliable, a field CP_state which defines which state, specific to the protection system, must be associated with the data transmitted when the PPVR mode is chosen. For example, if the SmartRight™ system is considered, the state chosen for transmitting the data in PPVR mode is the "private copy" state authorizing the copying of the data solely for the private use of the user in his domestic network.
Preferably, the item PPVR_data is protected, by encryption or by authentication, against any attack aimed at modifying its content.
For example, when the data broadcast are scrambled according to the customary principle of pay television, the keys or "control words" CW which served to scramble the data are inserted into the data, in control messages generally denoted "ECM" (acronym standing from "Entitlement Control Message"). The ECM messages are themselves encrypted with the aid of another key K, this key K being provided to the users having the right to access the data. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the item PPVR_data is inserted into the ECM messages included in the data. It is thus protected in a manner as reliable as the scrambling keys CW.
In another embodiment, it is assumed that the data transmitted are in a format defined by the MPEG2 standard and broadcast according to the DVB standard, the item PPVR_data is in this case included in event descriptors which are defined more precisely in the DVB-SI (ETSI EN 300 468) standard.
We shall now describe more precisely the process which is implemented in the CA module 11 of the digital decoder to determine whether the data received by the decoder can be offered to the user in PPVR mode. We refer for this to
The steps illustrated in
After a begin step 100, the CA module verifies in step 101 whether the decoder is equipped with a port for accessing a digital bus. If the decoder possesses a port for accessing a digital bus like the output port 16, then the CA module goes to step 102. Otherwise, it goes to step 106.
In step 102, it verifies whether at least one of the anticopy protection systems regarded as reliable by the data broadcaster is supported by the decoder. That is to say it verifies whether at least one of the values CP_reference of the item PPVR_data is included in the list contained in the CP memory 15. If it finds at least one value which is common between the values CP_reference of the item PPVR_data and the list of the CP memory, then the CA module goes to step 103, otherwise it goes to step 106.
In step 103 it verifies whether the anticopy protection system supported by the decoder and by the content broadcaster belongs to the category of the "protection of the bus" systems connecting appliances together It was seen earlier in the description that there are two major categories of anticopy protection systems:
The category to which each anticopy protection system belongs is preferably stored, together with the reference number of the system, in the CP memory 15 of the decoder 1.
If the test 103 is negative (the system is of the "end-to-end protection" type), then we go to step 105.
On the other hand if the test 103 is positive (the system is of the "protection of the bus" type), it is then necessary, in order for protection to be ensured up to the end, to verify that the recording device capable of recording the data received likewise possesses a module implementing the same anticopy protection system as the decoder 1.
To do this we go to step 104 during which the CA module requests the digital bus interface 14 to send it the list of recording devices available on the bus as well as the anticopy protection systems which they support. For each listed recording device, it verifies whether at least one protection system corresponds to that (or to one of those) of the decoder. If it finds at least one recording device which corresponds, it then goes to step 105, otherwise it goes to step 106.
In step 106, the CA module requests the user interface 12 to offer the content received in PPV mode at the price corresponding to the value contained in PPV_price.
In step 105, the CA module requests the user interface 12 to offer the content received either in PPV mode, at the price corresponding to the value contained in PPV_price, or in PPVR mode, at the price corresponding to the value contained in PPVR_price.
The user interface 12 subsequently returns the response of the user to the CA module 11 which verifies it. If the user has selected the PPV mode, then the CA module requests the CP module 13 to broadcast the data in a protected manner by associating the "copy never" state with them.
If the user has selected the PPVR mode, then the CA module 11 lists all the recording devices available on the bus and which are suitable for recording (that is to say when the test 104 has been performed, the CA module 11 offers only the devices which have an anticopy protection system corresponding with that of the decoder) and requests the user interface to display this list. After receipt of the user's choice, the CA module requests the CP module 13 to broadcast the data in a manner protected according to the selected anticopy protection system (that of the decoder determined in step 102 or that which is common to the decoder and to the recording device selected by the user in step 104) and together with the associated state defined in the field CP_state.
The CP module then requests the digital bus interface 14 to send a request to the recording device selected by the user so that he records the broadcast data.
In a variant embodiment of the invention, provision may be made to desynchronize the content viewing decision from the content recording decision. Specifically, if all the conditions required in order for the PPVR mode to be offered to the user are satisfied, it is possible in step 105 to offer the suggestion that the user view the content for payment of the price PPV_price with possibility, on completion of viewing, of purchasing the content so as to record it for payment of the extra PPVR_price−PPV_price. The user can thus decide to pay a higher price to record the content after having viewed it.
In a particular embodiment, it is assumed that the digital decoder contains a hard disk allowing the recording of digital data. It is assumed in this case that a digital bus inside the decoder is provided for connecting the hard disk (corresponding to the digital video recorder 2 of
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|725/25, 380/200, 380/203, 380/202, 380/201
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
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Candidate Accusations at the 4-21-12 Utah Republican Party Nominating Convention Background At the recent State Convention held April 21, 2012, a motion was made for the Chairman to conduct an inquiry into events arising with respect to the 2nd Congressional District race. Motion at the Utah Republican Party Convention on April 21, 2012: Steve Kelley, State Delegate. "We've stayed, we've sacrificed, we've donated money, and we want to know what's going on. We deserve to know what's going on. I move to request a full investigation of whatever happened with the second district race by our Party Chair, and then post it so the delegates will know at some later date what happened today. That's my motion." The motion passed, and at the request of the delegates, I initiated an investigation into the events in question. Since that time, I have spoken with the ten 2nd Congressional District candidates present at the Convention to determine their version of this unfortunate situation. I have also spoken with numerous 2nd Congressional State Delegates, campaign workers, party leaders and others who wished to be heard. I have been unable to reach the 11th candidate, Edward Mayerhofer. Mr. Mayerhofer filed for the race and paid the filing fee with a personal check that lists the address of a presumed family member in Cedar City, just down the road from the address listed as his home address. I don't believe his candidacy played a role in this situation. The purpose and scope of this inquiry is to inform State Delegates, many of whom spent valuable time, energy and money vetting the candidates, what led to the statements candidate Milt Hanks made in his first round speech and subsequent reactions by other candidates at the Convention. Everyone who attended, myself included, wanted to know what happened? My responsibility in compiling this report is to the State Delegates, not the candidates, which includes Chris Stewart, the Republican nominee for the 2nd Congressional District. Throughout this process I have made it clear that I would expose the facts, regardless of how they might affect the Republican nominee, the Utah Republican Party, or our ability to win elections in November. The integrity of the Utah Republican Party and the Caucus/Convention system has been brought into question here so this is not a task I take lightly. Additionally, if at any time it is determined that Federal Election Commission (FEC) laws have been violated, the Utah Republican Party will report that immediately. This report only describes what I understand the story to be and answers to questions that are relevant. I have spent countless hours listening to many people and have decided to omit the "he said/ she said" rumors and suspicions. I will only include facts I have been able to substantiate.
Report March 15 – April 18: Campaign Events and County Conventions after Caucus Meetings There is no disagreement amongst any of the 10 candidates I interviewed that there was tension between the Chris Stewart campaign and some of the other campaigns. This has been reported to me by County Chairs and by the candidates themselves. While this may be disappointing to some, this is quite normal during a competitive campaign like this. Unfortunately, it seems that some of the tension from events prior to the county conventions started boiling over before Saturday, April 21. As an example, I received emails prior to the convention concerning compliance with signage rules. While emails of that sort are typical given the nature of a competitive race, I can see now that they indicated potentially larger tensions. In his first round convention speech that began the uproar, Mr. Hanks mentioned the Davis County Convention, held on Friday, April 13, as the time and location where he was approached by four candidates: Dave Clark, Cherilyn Eagar, Howard Wallack and Chuck Williams. Mr. Hanks' claims they asked him to agree with them to do two things. First, pledge their support to any candidate other than Mr. Stewart if they were to drop out of the race. Second, to engage in a last minute act of negative campaigning to uncover what they believed to be misleading statements made by Mr. Stewart. The first allegation, that candidates would support each other as they dropped out, is a judgment call on what each person believes is appropriate for a campaign to do. Although technically allowed by our rules and parliamentary authority, candidates should always focus on campaigning to State Delegates. Pledges of support should be based on the issues that draw those candidates and their supporters together. Otherwise, concerns may be raised about potential quid pro quo "backroom deals" that are not appropriate. The second allegation, that Mr. Clark, Ms. Eagar, Mr. Wallack and Mr. Williams were planning last minute negative attacks against another candidate, is not what we want to see in campaigns. This accusation is significant because it called other candidates' names, characters, and reputations into question and is what caused the emotional explosion in the speeches prior to the second round of voting in the 2nd Congressional District. According to all the candidate interviews I conducted (including Mr. Hanks), no such formal meeting took place at the Davis County Convention. Mr. Hanks still maintains that even though there was no formal meeting, he was engaged informally in a conversation with the four candidates mentioned while the 2nd Congressional District candidates were waiting for their chance to speak as they assembled in a hall leading to the stage. Mr. Hanks said he was asked, "Are you ready to wear an ABC button?" Mr. Hanks has no recollection of who actually asked him to join in the "ABC group," just "it was one of those four." The other four candidates mentioned all emphatically deny that this conversation took place. It should also be noted that the acronym "ABC," which apparently refers to "Anybody but Chris," has no proven origin.
While Mr. Hanks was upset with what he said happened at the Davis County Convention, he quickly disregarded doing anything about it when he attended the Millard County Convention on Tuesday, April 17. "I didn't hear anyone talk negatively about Chris Stewart, so I decided it was dead." April 18-21: The Days Leading up to the State Convention On Wednesday, April 18, a letter was sent to some of the State Delegates in the 2nd Congressional District, although it is not clear how many State Delegates received the communication. One of the State Delegates who received the letter by mail met with me at State Party Headquarters the week following the Convention and shared the letter and envelope with me. Two different State Delegates have scanned and sent an identical letter with an identical stamp and postmark. A scanned copy of the original letter and envelope can be found here. To protect his privacy, I have blocked out the name of the State Delegate who provided the letter. This report will not address the accusations made in the letter since that is outside the scope of this inquiry. Mr. Stewart provided a copy of a letter and a note from Major General Douglas L. Raaeburg, USAF (Retired) and I have decided to include it in this report for your review. Also, a copy of the Congressional Record, which addresses some of the accusations in the letter, was provided during an interview with Mr. Williams and can be found here. Despite considerable time and energy on the part of myself and my staff, I have been unable to ascertain who is responsible for the letter. It appears to be hand-folded and hand-stamped – it does not appear to have been mass-produced, and there is no return address. The letter does not contain a "paid for" or "authorized by" disclaimer, which is a violation of FEC laws. I strongly encourage anyone who has information that would be helpful in determining who is responsible for the letter to contact the Federal Elections Commission. On Friday, April 20, the day before the Utah Republican Party Convention, Mr. Hanks was at a Provo mall when a woman approached him and asked, "Are you Milt Hanks?" He confirmed that he was, and she shared with him a copy of a communication (the same communication previously referenced and attached). He read the communication and concluded the alleged attack against Mr. Stewart, that he claims was discussed at the Davis County Convention, was going forward, despite his previously mentioned conclusion at the Millard County Convention. Mr. Hanks told me he has never seen the women before and didn't get her name. He took the communication and concluded that it had to be an attachment to an email since it had no header or footer that commonly accompanies an email. Mr. Hanks gave the original communication he received to a State Delegate on Saturday. He received another copy by email which he provided to me when we met to discuss what happened. The Final Hours Before 2nd Congressional District Speeches Mr. Hanks arrived at the State Convention with the letter given to him by the unidentified woman in the mall in his suit pocket. According to candidate Bob Fuehr, Mr. Hanks sought him out and asked, "Have you seen the email?" Mr. Fuehr said that he had not. Mr. Hanks did not ask Mr. Clark, Ms. Eagar, Mr. Williams or Mr. Wallack if they had seen the letter. When I asked him why he didn't call them after he saw the letter at the mall or in the time prior to the
2nd Congressional District speeches at the Convention he said, "I didn't want to get into it with them." Since Mr. Hanks said in his speech that "he wasn't going to stand for this kind of campaigning and to bring a good man down," one would reason he would apply that standard to himself before leveling accusations in his speech that may have, upon investigation, been unsubstantiated. I confronted Mr. Hanks about this, asking him: "Don't you think it would have been a good idea to ask before you accuse them of breaking federal law and running a dirty campaign?" Mr. Hanks responded, "I should have done that. I would be willing to apologize to them." The First Round Speeches There was not an official recording of the first round of 2nd Congressional District speeches. However, there is consensus that in his first round speech at the State Convention, Mr. Hanks broke decorum, a violation of the Convention rules, when he accused and named candidates Mr. Clark, Ms. Eagar, Mr. Wallack and Mr. Williams of conspiring to defeat Mr. Stewart. He also suggested they were responsible for the communication that he received the day before from the unknown woman at the mall. Things happen very quickly in conventions, there is a lot going on, and the volunteers running breakout races do the best they can. That being said, the State Party Treasurer who chaired the first round of the 2nd Congressional District speeches should have cut Mr. Hanks off at the microphone in his first round speech when he began naming candidates and making subjective, inflammatory accusations. I asked the State Party Treasurer what his thought process was at this critical moment, since I was chairing the other races in the main convention hall and was not present. He stated, "It all happened so fast I didn't have time to react. Nobody saw that coming." Had it been possible, the microphone would have been turned off on Mr. Hanks for his breach of decorum, especially in light of what was done in the main hall when breeches of decorum occurred later. Mr. Hanks was the final speaker due to the random drawing order that was determined by the Utah Republican Party a few days after the filing deadline for candidates. There is no way Mr. Hanks could have been "planted" to speak last. I conducted the drawing myself and affirm it was done in the presence of many campaigns after the filing deadline. Second Round Speeches After the first round speeches concluded, delegates entered back into the main hall. There are differing opinions on where people were and what they were doing but one thing is clear, no delegate or candidate contacted me, the Rules Chair, the State Party Treasurer who chaired the meeting, or Party staff to object to what happened until the second round speeches were already underway. There were at least 30 minutes that expired between Mr. Hanks' comments and the second round of the 2nd Congressional District speeches. As Chairman, I was unaware of what had transpired in the first round of the 2nd Congressional District speeches until after the convention had adjourned. During the 10-plus hours of the Convention, I only left the stage a limited number of times, one of which was during the first four-and-a-half speeches of the second round of the 2nd Congressional District. Candidates Mr. Fuehr and Jason Buck spoke first and second, respectively. Ms. Eager spoke next and came to the podium wearing a Dave Clark button on her blouse. When she exceeded her one-minute time allotment for speaking, her microphone was turned off. The next speaker was Mr. Williams. Mr.
Williams also came to the podium wearing a Dave Clark button on his suit coat and instead of clearing his name of the accusations made by Milt Hanks in his first round speech, Mr. Williams chose to attack Chris Stewart. The State Party Vice Chair, turned off Mr. Williams' microphone after he breached decorum. I was backstage, but returned to the stage when I heard Mr. Williams' remark. I explained to Mr. Williams why his microphone was turned off and then signaled to have the microphone turned back on. Before the microphone was turned on, Ms. Eagar returned to the stage and started to chant, "let him speak." It is always inappropriate to rush the stage while another candidate is speaking. The microphone was turned back on and Mr. Williams finished his speech followed by Mr. Wallack (who also came to the podium wearing a Dave Clark button on his lapel), Mr. McElehaney, Mr. Clark and Mr. Hanks. Ms. Eagar, Mr. Williams and Mr. Wallack decided to voluntarily withdraw from the race prior to being eliminated according to Convention rules. They each withdrew individually during their second round speeches, which came before the ballots were cast in the second round. That left Mr. Fuehr, Mr. Buck, Mr. Stewart, Mr. McElehaney, Mr. Clark and Mr. Hanks on the ballot for the second round. Mr. Stewart and Mr. Clark advanced to the third round and Mr. Stewart then won the nomination. Conclusions My conclusion, based on the facts that I know now, is that Mr. Hanks believed what he said to be correct when he said it. I believe he acted according to his conscience but he did not consider the full impact his actions would have on the elections or on the reputations of these individuals and their families for making allegations against them. Mr. Hanks acted irresponsibly by accusing four candidates of misconduct with no evidence to support his claims. I could not find any evidence that Mr. Clark, Mrs. Eagar, Mr. Wallack, and Mr. Williams were guilty of the misconduct alleged by Mr. Hanks during his speech. Mr. Hanks, by his own admission, does not know where the letter/communication originated and can't prove any candidate was responsible for it. Mr. Hanks was handed a copy of the letter on Friday, April 20, by an unknown woman at a mall in Provo. The burden was on Mr. Hanks to prove his allegations and he has been unable to do so. Mr. Hanks said: "I apologize for the parts of my speech at the Convention which may have impacted Dave Clark, Cherilyn Eagar, Howard Wallack, Chuck Williams and others without proper documentation. I spoke what I believe to be the truth based on conversations I had with other candidates. It was unfair of me to not verify that my suspicions were true before making accusations during my speech. The Party is better than this. Utah is better than this." This race clearly reached a boiling point after first round results were announced and candidates began their second round speeches. Each candidate was trying to win and was engaged in securing support from the other candidates during second and third round votes. I believe this is an accepted campaign practice, even good politics, and it does not indicate any so-called "backroom dealing." Rick Perry now supports Mitt Romney; David Kirkham went on stage with Governor Herbert after he was eliminated, etc. This is an appropriate strategy that should not be discouraged in the future, although any candidate who runs should be running to win and believe they can do so.
I have no doubt that many candidates and their supporters said and did things along the campaign trail in the heat of the moment they now regret. Most campaigns do. But I have found no evidence that any laws were violated by any of the candidates or their campaigns. Mr. Clark, Ms. Eagar, Mr. Wallack and Mr. Williams were accused of conspiring against Mr. Stewart – I found no evidence to support this claim. Nor did I find any evidence to support the claim that Mr. Hanks was part of a conspiracy orchestrated to get Mr. Stewart elected. Chairman's Recommendations I will be making several recommendations for discussion and action to the State Central Committee (the governing body of the Utah Republican Party) and I will make several logistical recommendations to future Convention planning committees. I will ask them to address candidates who do not campaign but are still allowed time to speak at the State Convention. I will ask for a review of the rules regarding speaking times and possible rebuttal times if your name is mentioned by another candidate, time between announcing results and next round speeches, convention recordings, rules of decorum, delegate/guest seating, and delegate microphone access. This situation is unfortunate and has been one of my most challenging as your Chairman. I hope every State Delegate, candidate, and supporter will be satisfied with the results of this investigation and join me in moving on, focusing our efforts on registering voters, working for GOP candidates, and striving for victory this November and in future elections. We should learn from this experience, not dwell on it. I have spent countless hours since the Convention interviewing, candidates, campaign staff, volunteers and State Delegates in order to complete my inquiry. I have been thoughtful and deliberative and tried to give a complete report that reflects the high level of trust the delegates have placed in me. I have done my best to present the facts and add some light to this regrettable situation. I hope you will see how seriously I took this report and my desire to fulfill the duty requested. I want to thank you for the honor of being Chairman of this great Party. I support Chris Stewart as our nominee because he met the requirements to be such and hope all Republicans will join me in getting him elected. Notes 1. The deadline to file a recount of any Convention vote for any reason has expired, according to the 2012 Convention rules adopted by the delegates. (2012 URP Convention Rules Section M.4.l) 2. The deadline to submit names for the Primary ballot has passed and the Republican Party has certified Chris Stewart as the nominee. There will be no primary in the 2nd Congressional District. ( State Code 20A-9-403) 3. No challenge was submitted to any candidate's declaration of candidacy within the 5 days after filing was closed. (State Code 20A–9 –202 ) 4. A candidate who has filed a declaration of candidacy for a political party may not file a certificate of nomination as an unaffiliated candidate in the same year. (State Code 20A-9-501)
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