Court Says FCC Out-of-Bounds With Digital TV

USA4034 writes "A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday stated that regulators had overstepped their authority by imposing a rule designed to limit the copying of digital television programs." From the article: "The FCC rule aims to limit people from sending copies of digital television programs over the Internet. The FCC has said copyright protections are needed to help speed the adoption of digital television."

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Re:But they didn't say ,"Stop!"

[AK Marc]

Why bother overturning a law if no body has broken it? That is pointless.

Yes. It was much more fair to throw Rosa Parks into jail,rather than allowing someone to challenge the legality of separate facilities without having to be arrested and thrown in jail first. If no one ever breaks it, then it shouldn't be a law because it is unnecessary, so it should be challenged. If it is an unjust law, then it should be overturned before someone has to be subjected to it.

Re:No, it will be illegal to NOT consume

[jayed_99]

Didn't I see you on some X-files episode?

Re:But they didn't say ,"Stop!"

[FredThompson]

"I've stated it here before, and I'll state it again. The first 'settlers' from Europe fled here to get AWAY from being forced into a particular religion."

Wrong, that's a myth. They came to America from where? The Netherlands. There was no state religion int he Netherlands. They came to America, in large part, to excape what they saw as corrupting decadence in the society of the Netherlands.

You're also wrong about the faith fo the founding fathers. Read their own writings, not those of a so-called modern hisotry book or an email from a friend. Sorry, bud, the majority were Christians.

Interestingly, you've NOT quoted Thomas Jefferson saying the most important book to have in school was the Bible nor have you quoted him caling for opening prayers to God before the governmental meetings.

Thomas Jefferson didn't believe in the divinity of Jesus Christ. He was only one of the founding fathers.

If you're going to chose a founding father to put in the position of sole source, better to go with George Washington. Remember him? The man who could have been king but chose to go back to his farm. Read his diaries and letters, they're full of references to the father God and Christ.

Funny thing about original documents, they have a way of disproving propaganda.

Re:But they didn't say ,"Stop!"

[Alsee]

Are you truly claiming government and religion cannot co-exist?

As he already replied government and religion co-exist just fine. owever I would like to add that freedom of religion cannot co-exist with the use of the FORCE OF GOVERNMENT for religious purposes. And that is exactly what seperation of church and state says, that the force of government cannot be used for religious purposes. You cannot pass a law prohibiting stores from being open on sunday for the purpose of favoring certain religions. You cannot pass a law prohibiting children from praying in school for the purpose of suppressing certain religions or suppressing religion in general. You equally cannot pass a law encouraging children to pray in school for the purpose of promoting a specific religion or promoting any religion at all. These restriction apply not just to congressional laws, but to any official exercise of government power at all, to anyone acting in an official capacity as an agent of the government.

You are free to pray in school, but the government and any agent of government is forbidden to promote or supress it. You are free to have a copy of the Ten Commandments amongst the personal items on your desk at your job in a court house, but you cannot use your official powers to have a 10-foot-tall copy of the Ten Commandments officially carved into the court house building itself.

It is about the use of government power for religious purposes. The only way to preserve individual religious freedom is to prohibit the use of government power for religious purposes. The only time seperation of church and state in any way resticts a person is when that person is weilding the force of government and when he attempts to abuse that force for religious purposes.

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