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House Passes TV Commercial Volume Bill
eldavojohn writes "About a year ago, legislation was introduced to control the volume of TV commercials. It passed the Senate in September and has now been passed in the House as well. This problem has dated back to the 1960s, but after the president signs the bill, broadcasters will be subject to regulations of the Advanced Television Systems Committee on what is 'too loud.' Of the last 25 quarterly reports from the FCC, this has been the number one consumer complaint in 21 of them. Within a year, you should start to notice a difference, with commercials no longer forcing you to turn down the TV volume during breaks in your regular programming."
According to the latest poll (How much TV do you watch in a week, on average? ), we hardly watch any TV!
Set your phasers on "funky"!
Ignoring whether or not you are in favor of this (I kind of like it myself)...
The U.S. Congress does not have the right to regulate the audio volume of your television.
Godaddy is a scam and a ripoff.
Maybe they just didn't make the commercial loud enough, or maybe they should make the screen flash enough to induce a seizure, then more people will buy their product!
In all seriousness, I used to work in online advertising. They don't care how many people they annoy. They don't care how many people swear off their company for all time. All they care about is the conversion rate. Sadly, even with TV, you more likely remember the blaring commercial than the normal-volume one. Though, I bet they'd find if they made the commercial very quiet that would be memorable too.
The right to protest the State is more sacred than the State.