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FCC Broadcast Flag Struck Down
An anonymous reader writes "CNet is reporting that the courts have struck down the FCC's broadcast flag requirement! 'In a stunning victory for hardware makers and television buffs, a federal appeals court has tossed out government rules that would have outlawed many digital TV receivers and tuner cards starting July 1.'" The EFF has details on the flag, the official ruling is online for examination, and commentary is available from BoingBoing and Ars Technica.
We really need to do something about them as they are obviously out of control. Don't they know who pays for their appointers election?!
"If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, A hope-er, a pray-er, a magic bean buyer
They just set it to 0.
Now what am I supposed to do with the warehouse of capture cards I bought to resell after this passed!?
rm -rf
woohoo! that means more HDTV quality stargate episodes!
I think that broadcast flags are actually a good idea. Let's start with a "crap flag" that refuses to let me watch shows that are crap.
I'm a big tall mofo.
A judicial ruling that makes sense. I'm scared.
"You can't regulate washing machines. You can't rule the world."
-Judge David Sentelle
... won't have nobody messin' with his TV.
Seriously, no congressman in his right mind is going to touch legislation that impinges on the general public's right to an unencumbered TV-experience.
DMCA and PATRIOT are no problem, but take away an American's freedom to watch, record and illegally sell for profit and there's going to be trouble. We're talking mobs in the streets here, complete with lynchings and excessive-firing-of-rifles-in-the-air.
Let us turn to our computers, and that mecca of intellectual stimulation, slashdot.org!
...Judge Harry Edwards was found dead today in his Washington home today after being brutally bludgeoned to death. A blood-stained Star Trek:The Next Generation season 2 box-set case was found in bushes outside his home.
A white-faced county coroner appeared with a shady looking man in a black suit behind him at the local morgue announced that Judge Edwards had died from natural causes, before sueeling "I have to go now" and running inside.
FGD 135
...said the guy who frequently posts on Slashdot.
My other computer is a Jacquard loom.
"Since the entire American government is owned by corporate interests, it'll take about 5 minutes for this to get passed by Congress.
I'd hope that the consumer electronics lobby is stronger than the MPAA, but I fear it isn't so."
And the eternal pessimist verses optomists battle rages on. First the pessimist saying "woe is me..." and then the courts say "no woe...", and now the pessimists not to be vanquished say "yes woe...". So how many "no woes..." does it take to get to the center of a pessimist?
Yet another case of activist judges making decisions against the will, values, and mandates of the American people. Decisions like this one are a direct attacking the foundations of Christianity and this country. It should now be clear to absolutely everybody that fillibuster is the tool of the devil. If you can't see that, then you probably can't see the President's new clothes either.
So manufacturers could have, if they wanted, made sets and tuners right up to June 31
I'd like to see them try to manufacture a tuner on the 31st of June. I'd pay big bucks for that.
Friday's ruling represents a sizable setback for the Motion Picture Association of America, which had lobbied for the broadcast flag rules and had intervened in the lawsuit to defend them.
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So does the MPAA consider its loss "time-shifted"? Or was victory stolen from them?
"how can they call it a MINE if everything here is THEIRS?!?!" -Straight Jacket
Since the entire American government is owned by corporate interests, it'll take about 5 minutes for this to get passed by Congress.
Well when you stop taking the mushrooms for a little while, try reading the article where it talks abotu how the whole COMPUTER INDUSTRY and CONSUMER ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY does not want it!
Is THAT a big enough corperate interest for you?
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