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Broadcast Flag in Trouble
pdqlamb writes "USA Today reports an appeals court was not amused at the FCC's broadcast flag rule. Sounds like the judge bought into the argument that the FCC does not have the authority to dictate device design. The broadcast flag isn't quite dead yet, but at least it's in trouble."
Now what am I to do with the truckloads of flag-free tuner cards I bought? Since social security is going down the tubes, I guess it is back to plan B for my retirement plans: leech off my kids.
I Am My Own Worst Enemy
In a way, I kinda admire the cunts..
I always admire cunts.
Err... umm... I mean. Umm...
Gotta go!
Slashdot readership is not amused at Slashdot's repeated stories.
Just XOR the broadcast flag with the evil bit, sheesh!
Whoa! I just had deja vu
This is NOT a dupe.
Slashdot rigerously enforces the Dupecast flag, and makes sure stories are only posted if the flag is not set.
Or does that not count until after July?
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The broadcast flag may be dead... ... but the repeat flag is still living strong!
It is official; USA Today now confirms: Broadcast flag is dying. One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered FCC when USA Today confirmed that broadcast flag market share has fallen yet again, now down to less than 50 percent of federal judges. Coming on the heels of a recent ruling which plainly states that the FCC has "crossed the line", this judgement serves to reinforce what we've known all along. The broadcast flag is sending the DRM industry into complete disarray, as fittingly exemplified by bottoming out in the recent ruling from Judge Edwards.
You don't need to be Michael Powell to predict the broadcast flag's future. The hand writing is on the wall: the broadcast faces a long and tortuous future. In fact there won't be any future at all for the broadcast flag because the content industry is shrinking. Things are looking very bad for the content industry. As many of us are already aware, the content industry continues to lose market share. Red ink flows from Hollywood like a river of blood.
The broadcast flag is the most hated of them all, having been ruled against by at least one circuit court judge. The sudden and pleasant release of the long developed arguments in court only serves to underscore the point more clearly. There can no longer be any doubt: the broadcast flag is dying.
Let's look at the numbe[BROADCAST FLAG INFRINGMENT DETECTED - REDISTRIBUTION OF A DERIVATIVE WORK OF NETCRAFT, INC - POSTER NEUTRALIZED]
Ok this is offtopic and I'm sure the super secret mod cabel is going to mod me down for it, yada yada...
All you people bitching about dupes got it all wrong, we need these duplicated stories on slashdot for a few good reasons.
1) without dupes there would maybe be one story per day on the front page.
2) without dupes people would have to resort to actually being insightful on their own instead of just copying some other comment from the previous story.
3) ????
4) Profit!
This sig has no nutritional value...
I know they are not experts, but the least they could do is not confuse apples and oranges.
If Slashdot Ruled The World, these judges would have been (-1, Offtopic)
Can I be a Slashdot editor if I promise never to come back?
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No, you have demonstated you're incapable of being one as you've obviously read yesterdays
It's resting...
I agree. This is definitely of poor quality. I think you should demand a refund.
Am I the only one who's amused at the footer? :-)
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Actually, because the broadcast flag is not in effect yet, the stories have been time-shifted. The other story was actually posted after this one. You're just reading them out-of-order.
Happiness is like peeing yourself. Everybody can see it but only you can feel its warmth.
It's been tried before; by King George, who was widely considered to be a combination of crazy and stupid. It turned professional smuggling into a honorable, even praise worthy, profession. Somehow I don't think people are terribly different some 230 years later. But our weapons are vastly more effective.
Their plan sounds like a good way to get a container of consumer electronics thrown in a harbor.
Well isn't this great? Now I need to go buy a new washing machine before July.
The FCC currently overstepped its bounds. The backup plan is to extend those bounds, so that the FCC can regulate the broadcast flag, nice and legally.
... exposing corrupt officials ... influencing how citizens cast their votes, fer Chrissake ...!
While extending bounds of regulatory agencies, maybe the administration can do something about problems with the First Amendment.
People do all kinds of unpleasant things under this so-called First Amendment!
Criticizing the President
-kgj
-kgj
This was a pretty big smack down. But, did it seem to you like the judges were a tad bit obsessed with washing machines?
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Why don't we dupe his post? Why, will it get us more page hits? -- Commander Taco
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It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.
"You've gone too far," he said. "Are washing machines next?"
Yah, imagine the day where your clothing vendors strike deals with the washing machine vendors and the soap manufacturers. Suddenly the RFID on you underware demands that it be washed with Tide and your wife's bra wants Woolite. What a mess! Talk about brand lockin'