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Friday, May 6, 2005

Court Strikes Down Broadcast Flag -- 12:19 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

The U.S. District Court of Appeals has ruled that the FCC doesn't have the authority to require a broadcast flag. This flag would have rendered many high-definition T.V. tuners unusable and allowed broadcasters to make their programs uncopiable. Of course, this just means that the MPAA and others will use their various bought-out congressmen to write a law to demand it. That law would almost certainly be challenged too. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

Of course, I think that the whole concept of the government forcing digital T.V. down our throats is one of the biggest fiascos in American history, which is saying something.

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