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…
Posts Tagged with fcc
Challenging the Broadcast Flag
10/6/2004 – 9:26 am
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Public Knowledge (PK) and the American Library Association (ALA) have announced that they are challenging the legality of the FCC’s broadcast flag. This is an exceedingly important issue, as the broadcast flag, which is set…
Group Warns DVRs Endangered
7/28/2004 – 9:12 am
Wired has a good story covering the fight against the FCC’s broadcast flag mandate [PDF] which would limit future video technology and put the rights of the television watcher (us) thoroughly in the control of the media industry: Group Warns DVRs…
DTV Liberation Front
7/1/2004 – 10:39 am
The EFF is calling for others to join the DTV Liberation Front. What is the DTV Liberation Front you ask? It is a group trying to make it easier for non-geeks to set up digital video recorders (Tivo-like devices) that…