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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."

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  1. owned! by Zevets · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    seriously, I am glad you can't give a "campaign donation" to federal circuit courts. And let me say, Internet Pirates around the world have one the thing to say: 0WN3D!

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  2. This Just In by AnalogDiehard · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The "COPY" button on the Xerox machine at the /. office is stuck. Staff are trying to sort out the news among all the duplicate "Broadcast Flag" stories flying out of the Xerox. Details after this report on the Broadcast Flag.

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  3. In other news... by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Moderators lose duplicity Battle"
    From the oh-no-not-again dept.

    Dupernova writes: "The slash dot editors were told today by a bunch of users that it 'missed the start' in trying to dictate how duplicates were banned. This was after the moderators tried (unsuccessfully) to ban a duplicate submission which was allowed to get published. This comes after studies revealing that massive amounts of dupes are being immorally uploaded from the internet and the moderators want a way to stop these dupes being posted and accepted."

    (2^2^2^2 bytes in body)