EFF Goes To Court To Fight The Broadcast Flag

Posted by timothy on Wednesday October 6, 2004 @03:46AM from the grappling-with-the-angel-of-bureaucracy dept.

Silwenae writes "The Electronic Frontier Foundation and nine other organizations including Public Knowledge (PK) and the American Library Association (ALA) have gone to court to fight the Broadcast Flag. The press release sums it up: The brief argues that the FCC has no authority to regulate digital TV sets and other digital devices unless specifically instructed to do so by Congress. While the FCC does have jurisdiction over TV transmissions, transmissions are not at issue here. The broadcast flag limits the way digital material can be used after the broadcast has already been received."

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Re:What are the odds? by chris_mahan · 2004-10-06 05:02 · Score: 0, Offtopic

> "every computer you buy has been certified by the FCC not to cause harmful interference."

Dang. those guys should have never certified windows boxes then...

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