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Broadcast Flag in Trouble

Posted by CmdrTaco on 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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  1. easy to solve by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just XOR the broadcast flag with the evil bit, sheesh!

  2. Re:Nooooo by mmkkbb · · 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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    -mkb
  3. USA Today Confirms It! by Tackhead · · 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]

  4. Re:A glitch in the matrix by Leroy_Brown242 · · Score: 5, Funny

    **WHISTLE**

    Offensive foul!

    Overused refrence to played out movie!

    5 karma point penalty!

    First down!

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    Pretty Pictures!