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FCC Commissioner Wants To Push For DRM

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the why-run-for-public-office-unless-you-can-force-your-views-on-others dept.

RareButSeriousSideEffects writes "Techdirt reports that 'Newest Commissioner Deborah Tate has apparently announced that while she knows its outside the FCC's authority, she's a huge fan of copy protection and hopes to use her new position as a "bully pulpit" on the topic.'"

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  1. Re:time for the FCC to get a D I V O R C E! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    but it makes me nervous when the government and its actors role play about technology and how it should be meted out.

    Like when Al Gore invented^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H took the initiative in creating the internet.

  2. Country Music? by XMilkProject · · Score: 0, Troll

    Never trust a person that listens to country music. Hell, avoid talking to them if at all possible.

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    Big ones, small ones, some as big as yer 'ead!
    Give 'em a twist, a flick o' the wrist...