EFF Suing The FCC Over Broadcast Flag

Posted by timothy on Wednesday March 10, 2004 @03:06AM from the your-access-is-blocked dept.

Tamor writes "According to this press release the EFF with 'five library associations, Public Knowledge, the Consumer Federation of America, and the Consumers Union' is suing the FCC over its decision to mandate the broadcast flag." Reader MImeKillEr explains "The lawsuit is charging that the FCC exceeded its jurisdiction, acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner, and failed to point to substantial evidence in adopting a broadcast flag mandate. The FCC has asked the court to put the lawsuit on hold, pending the FCC's decision on petitions to reconsider the broadcast flag mandate, although all of the petitions address unrelated matters. The coalition of organizations opposed in court the FCC's attempt to postpone the lawsuit."

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Re:Timeshifting by /dev/trash · 2004-03-10 16:35 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Someone mod this up. This needs to be placed in every article that deals with piracy and the like. Fair Use is NOT copying your cd and sharing it. Fair Use is quoting a passage from a book and using it in your book review.