Broadcast flag not /quite/ activated ... yet

Broadcast flag not /quite/ activated ... yet

Posted Apr 26, 2005 17:58 UTC (Tue) by Max.Hyre (subscriber, #1054)
In reply to: The issue in Japan by Ross
Parent article: Eben Moglen's linux.conf.au keynote

Broadcast flag not /quite/ activated, yet

The broadcast flag is being challenged in court, mostly under the belief that the FCC has no damn' business regulating hardware. Their charter is to regulate use of the airwaves, and how one accesses such use is beyond their pale.

The suit is being driven (if I have it right) by Public Knowledge, a ``Washington DC based advocacy group working to defend your rights in the emerging digital culture''. Their report, in brief, is that the matter is currently in the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, and the court requested a second round of argument (unusual, I believe). The additional briefs were presented early this month, and everyone's holding their breath.

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