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EFF: 48 Hours to Stop the Broadcast Flag

Posted by timothy on from the hard-not-to-be-cynical dept.

The Importance of writes "Think the Broadcast Flag is dead? EFF is warning that Hollywood is trying to sneak the broadcast flag into law as an amendment to a massive appropriations bill. 'If what we hear is true, the provision will be introduced before a subcommittee tomorrow and before the full appropriations committee on Thursday. That gives us 48 hours to stop it.' Action Alert here. List of Senator's phone numbers here."

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  1. BroadCast Flag by Canadian_Daemon · · Score: 5, Interesting

    With the new CRIA law in Canada, and now the broadcast flag in America, it looks like the recording industry 'winning'. It's looks pretty bad for those fighting for digital rights.

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  2. 48 hours? More like 0 hours. by PipianJ · · Score: 5, Interesting

    As soon as it's a rider on an appropriations bill like this, the broadcast flag is a foregone conclusion. The committee probably won't even know what they're doing.

    The broadcast flag is here to stay, regardless of the EFF's "48 hours" claim.