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What Critics of the Critics of the FCC Rule Miss

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the how-will-it-roll-out dept.

Asprin writes "Businessweek has an editorial up which argues that the FCC's HDTV broadcast flag rule is a good thing, and that everyone is just overreacting. What the author is overlooking is that this rule gives exclusive control over production to the studios that are in "the club", essentially denying private citizens the right to make their own HDTV format video. To wit: "The problem comes when a program taped on an old VCR can't be replayed on a next-generation VCR. So consumers may experience some compatibility problems between machines as they upgrade." Awww, she almost gets it. (...and she was sooo close, too!) The problem is the word "consumers", which doesn't describe us anymore. There's nothing like being locked out of your own old family videos when your current VCR dies, eh?"

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  1. Re:Spock's discovery by Punchinello · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The Captain's log.

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  2. Simple Solution by Creedo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Don't buy a friggin tv. If you don't like the terms, don't use the service. Wean yourself from your electronic nipple.

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  3. Re:Awww, he's got a superiority complex! by Shardis · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Smug yeah, but how was that sexist? Because the poster used a feminine instead of a gender neutral term when the auther of the article was female?

    It's seriously amazing to me how many people get seriously bent (or at least a little sprained) over nothings like this...