"Loud Commercial" Legislation Proposed In US Congress

Hackajar writes "Have you ever caught yourself running for the volume control when a TV commercial comes on? Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA) has, and is submitting legislation that would require TV commercials in the US to stay at volume levels similar to the programming they are associated with. From the article: 'Right now, the government doesn't have much say in the volume of TV ads. It's been getting complaints ever since televisions began proliferating in the 1950s. But the FCC concluded in 1984 there was no fair way to write regulations controlling the "apparent loudness" of commercials.'"

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[Darkness404]

Has government regulation ever really worked? Lets see here, fair use was meant to allow for the public to use copyrighted material in some situations. It was a good law, but then the DMCA basically threw fair use into the trash. The public might have the momentum to get one law passed, but five more will rise up in its place. If the government stays out of this, the free market will eventually come up with a solution that won't have the regressions/loopholes that legislation always has. Without government interference in things like broadcasting, better time-shifting, commercial eliminating, and TV streaming technology can be invented without threat of legislation making it illegal.