1) Recently the FCC has decided that they would like to mandate that consumer electronics companies build in chips that only allow certain programs to be recorded with new VCRs that can record high definition television signals. The networks are the ones that decide which programs can be recorded. This takes away the power of Fair Use in the copyright act but in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act there are very few provisions about fair use. What are your thoughts on this issue.
2) The FCC is passing Low Power FM broadcasts but it seems to be only available for churches and civic groups and not individuals. The radio industry is fighting low power FM because they think it would interfere with their signals and take away some of their commercial profits. Are you in favor of giving low power FM licenses to individuals?
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1) Recently the FCC has decided that they would like to mandate that consumer electronics companies build in chips that only allow certain programs to be recorded with new VCRs that can record high definition television signals. The networks are the ones that decide which programs can be recorded. This takes away the power of Fair Use in the copyright act but in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act there are very few provisions about fair use. What are your thoughts on this issue.
2) The FCC is passing Low Power FM broadcasts but it seems to be only available for churches and civic groups and not individuals. The radio industry is fighting low power FM because they think it would interfere with their signals and take away some of their commercial profits. Are you in favor of giving low power FM licenses to individuals?
--nohj