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Regulators Lose Piracy Battle

Posted by samzenpus on from the fair-game dept.

asok_g33k writes "The US broadcast regulators were told today by a court of appeal that it 'crossed the line' in trying to dictate how devices functioned. This was after the regulators tried to ban a device which allowed TV shows to be pirated. This comes after studies revealing that massive amounts of TV shows are beign illegaly downloaded from the internet and the regulators want a way to stop these shows being pirated and copied."

3 of 312 comments (clear)

  1. Dupe ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative


    what is this a competition ?

    yesterday

  2. Flashback.. by Folmer · · Score: 5, Informative

    I just think i had a flashback.. Or its just such a good story that every editor wants to post it..

    http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/23/15 46244&tid=129&tid=17
    http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/22/21 33250&tid=123&tid=129

    Tried to mail the editors, but apparently they dont check their email

  3. Not only it's a dupe, it LIES! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    The real story is that there WAS NO RULING YET, damn it! The question that the judges can't even decide on is whether the suing parties are in position to sue, so it's still very, very likely that nothing will come out of this. Check your facts before posting, will you?