[BC] Broadcast Flag Lowered

[Jerry Mathis]

ONCE AGAIN, the courts have acted properly, protecting the interests of the 
general public and upholding long-established laws. It's about time the 
"good guys" win one on this issue.



Jerry Mathis
Clear Channel Radio, Tupelo & Meridian MS




>From: "Bill Sepmeier" <dcpowerandlight at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: Broadcast Radio Mailing List <broadcast at radiolists.net>
>To: broadcast at radiolists.net
>Subject: [BC] Broadcast Flag Lowered
>Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 09:39:33 -0600
>
>WASHINGTON - A U.S. appeals court on Friday threw out new federal rules 
>requiring anti-piracy technology that would have limited how consumers 
>could record and watch their favorite television programs in the future.
>
>The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia overturned 
>rules by the
>Federal Communications Commission that would have required certain video 
>devices to have technology to prevent copying digital television programs. 
>The court said the
>FCC overstepped the authority given it by Congress.
>
>The controversial rules were challenged by consumer groups, including 
>library associations. They complained that the FCC requirement would drive 
>up prices of digital television devices and prevent consumers from 
>recording programs in ways permitted under copyright laws.
>
>The technology, known as the broadcast flag, would have been required after 
>July 1 for televisions equipped to receive new digital signals, many 
>personal computers and VCR-type recording devices. It would permit 
>entertainment companies to designate, or flag, programs to prevent viewers 
>from copying shows or distributing them over the Internet.
>
>Entertainment companies said the technology was needed to block viewers 
>from recording shows and films and distributing them free online.
>
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