In a move that has brightened my day, and reaffirmed the strength of our system of checks and balances, the Supreme Court has ruled that the “Commission acted outside the scope of its delegated authority when it adopted the disputed broadcast flag regulations.” The entire brief is worth a read, or at the least a quick scan as there are some jewels to be found, including the fact that the FCC has explicitly told Congress in the past, that the Commission does not have the authority to pass regulations such as these.
So, now the media industry is forced to push a law through Congress, which has little to no change as few elected officials want to be involved in breaking their constituents’ television. Few things get American’s so riled as a broken TV.
July 1, 2005 is no longer the dread day that it was.
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