The 'broadcast flag' may or may not be mandated by the FCC. The issue is that Mr. Sununu is pushing the idea because the RepubliNazis are supporting the RIAA and MPAA in their efforts to control how we can use the media we purchase. Most consumers disagree, and we have several options:
1.Inundate the FCC with e-mails protesting the broadcast flag,
2. Quit purchasing CDs and DVDs althogether--boycott the industry.
3. Simply hack the broadcast flag when/if it comes, just like the DVD code.
Yes, in part. Also to set technical broadcast standards for both radio and telephone--TV was just in it's infancy at that time.
From
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent federal agency established pursuant to the Communications Act of 1934 (title 47 of the United States Code). Section 1 of the Act sets forth the authority for the creation of the FCC, stating,
For the purpose of regulating interstate and foreign commerce in communication by wire and radio so as to make available, so far as possible, to all the people of the United States, without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex, a rapid, efficient, Nation-wide, and world-wide wire and radio communication service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges, for the purpose of the national defense, for the purpose of promoting safety of life and property through the use of wire and radio communications, and for the purpose of securing a more effective execution of this policy by centralizing authority heretofore granted by law to several agencies and by granting additional authority with respect to interstate and foreign commerce in wire and radio communication, there is created a commission to be known as the ''Federal Communications Commission'', which shall be constituted as hereinafter provided, and which shall execute and enforce the provisions of this chapter.
This is very broad authority. This section grants jurisdiction to the FCC over all interstate radio and wireline communications, which pretty much covers everything. You should also notice that this initial language has universal service language built right into it, setting forth the driving policy of making available to all people an efficient communications service.
So, like it or not, Mr. Sununu is wrong. The FCC is indeed responsible for mandating technical requirements and standards for consumer electronics.
Why?
So your cellphone doesn't interfere with your cable TV or your microwave oven doesn't interfere with your computer!
I would probably choose either Canada--only 20 miles away from where I am sitting--or Australia.
Unfortunately, as an unemployed, 57-year-old paraplegic, I doubt I would be welcome in either country. No matter how far the United States descends into a fascist police state--I am stuck here!
> I love how you can just ignore a multimillion dollar judgement. It's
> their attitude that I find amusing - they really couldn't give a shit.
You know what? They don't have to give a shit--they are in the UK!
LOL!
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Why should students of engineering and other tech fields study the humanities? So they can read and write!!!
The simple solution. I wouldn't shop at Walmart if it were the only store in the nation.
1.Inundate the FCC with e-mails protesting the broadcast flag,
2. Quit purchasing CDs and DVDs althogether--boycott the industry.
3. Simply hack the broadcast flag when/if it comes, just like the DVD code.
Mr. Sununu does not seem to understand why the FCC was created.
I would probably choose either Canada--only 20 miles away from where I am sitting--or Australia.
Unfortunately, as an unemployed, 57-year-old paraplegic, I doubt I would be welcome in either country. No matter how far the United States descends into a fascist police state--I am stuck here!
> I love how you can just ignore a multimillion dollar judgement. It's > their attitude that I find amusing - they really couldn't give a shit. You know what? They don't have to give a shit--they are in the UK! LOL!
I think this is the most fabulous stunt ever contrived on the Web!
It points out once and for all how many paranoid freaks there are running free among us.
Tim
"You can't cure stupid!"