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MPAA Giving Up on Broadcast Flag... For Now?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the fight-for-your-right-to-time-shift dept.

YetAnotherName writes "The MPAA, which has worked hard to get a broadcast flag into US digital television, is unlikely to push for it, according to the EFF. Previously, the US Court of Appeals ruled that the FCC didn't have the authority to mandate the flag, and the MPAA began to strike back. Naturally, the fight isn't over yet."

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  1. Re:So which is it? by macaulay805 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hey, its like those Starwars sequels .. "A New Hope" "The MPAA Strikes Back" "Return of the Broadcast Flag" .... hmmmmm .. I wonder ..

  2. ERROR by Stanistani · · Score: 1, Funny

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  3. New concept: Conversation flag by sigmund+lahn · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now, if I crook my little finger like *this* when I talk, I dont want you remembering anything of it, hear?

  4. Goodbye Broadcast Flag by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ... hello "Child Porn Broadcast Prevention Flag"? Who could be against that!?