MPAA vs. Television

Today brings several articles on the MPAA's attempt to create a "broadcast flag" to kill home recording of broadcast television. Lunenburg writes "Apparently too impatient to implement the Broadcast Flag in digital media through legislative means, both Sen. Hollings and Rep. Tauzin have both sent letters to FCC Chairman Michael Powell urging him to mandate the implementation of the Broadcast Flag under FCC rules, according to the EFF's Consensus at Lawyerpoint blog." There's a CNet story about a presentation given by the MPAA to pro-business lobbying groups, and a MSNBC story about digital video recorders.

Comments

Weee - the FCC

[wichtolosaurus]

So the FCC won't let me be or let me be me, so let me see........

Taking its lead from RIAA . . .

[fajoli]

the MPAA will start distributing movies with only two minutes of actual story line and filling the remaining 88 minutes with explosions, noise, bad dialogue, and product placements to prevent the unauthorized distribution of its intellectual property.

Re:Sen Hollings

[teamhasnoi]

I'm afraid you are right. Senator Hollings has forgotten who people are, because he is only a refurbished automaton from the 'Pirates of the Caribbean.'

When no one is in his office, 'he' quickly opens his chest plate and drinks some more oil. (You can see the Bush connection rather easily.)

Senator Hollings and his rampage of bad legislation MUST be stopped. 'He' will let nothing stand in his way of his goal of Total Disneyfication of the entire world.

'His' Achilles Heel?

Pies.

Throw pies at the Senator. That will interfere in his 'Small World Reasoning Center'. Only you can stop the madness.

Re:Will they ever understand?

[zerocool^]

Attention MPAA.

Usenet does not exist.
Nothing more to see here.
Move along.

~Will