Broadcast Flag in Trouble

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday February 23, 2005 @05:00AM from the sink-that-sucker dept.

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."

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Nooooo by nizo · 2005-02-23 05:02 · Score: 4, Funny

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.

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1. Re:Nooooo by mmkkbb · 2005-02-23 05:04 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Since social security is going down the tubes, I guess it is back to plan B for my retirement plans: leech off my kids.
  
  What's the difference?
  
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2. Re:Nooooo by nizo · 2005-02-23 05:13 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Yeah, at least if I can leech off of other people's kids, I don't have to encourage my kids to be lawyers (shudder).
  
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3. Re:Nooooo by iammrjvo · 2005-02-23 05:17 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  But, wait! WAIT! I thought that Social Security was supposed to be my money that the federal government conveinently has been saving up for me, right? I mean, they've taken good care of my money, right? I mean, surely the federal government can take better care of my money than I can.
  
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easy to solve by Anonymous Coward · 2005-02-23 05:04 · Score: 5, Funny

Just XOR the broadcast flag with the evil bit, sheesh!
A glitch in the matrix by thiophene · 2005-02-23 05:04 · Score: 3, Funny

Whoa! I just had deja vu
1. Re:A glitch in the matrix by Leroy_Brown242 · 2005-02-23 05:14 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  **WHISTLE**
  
  Offensive foul!
  
  Overused refrence to played out movie!
  
  5 karma point penalty!
  
  First down!
  
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Re:Taco, READ YOUR OWN DAMN SITE by LiquidCoooled · 2005-02-23 05:06 · Score: 4, Funny

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... by sweeze · 2005-02-23 05:07 · Score: 4, Funny

The broadcast flag may be dead... ... but the repeat flag is still living strong!
USA Today Confirms It! by Tackhead · 2005-02-23 05:10 · Score: 5, Funny

> 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
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]
dupes are good for us all... by das_katz_socrates · 2005-02-23 05:11 · Score: 3, Funny

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!

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If Slashdot Ruled The World... by sanityspeech · 2005-02-23 05:16 · Score: 4, Funny

From the article:
He [U.S. Circuit Judge Harry Edwards] said the FCC "crossed the line" beyond its authority approved by Congress. "You've gone too far," he said. "Are washing machines next?"

...Another circuit judge, David Sentelle, agreed...

"You can't regulate washing machines. You can't rule the world.
Correct me if I err, but I believe that washing machines do not qualify as COMMUNICATIONS equipment. Maybe it comes under DOE territory, but definitely not the FCC.

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)
What's next? by Inkieminstrel · 2005-02-23 05:56 · Score: 3, Funny

Well isn't this great? Now I need to go buy a new washing machine before July.