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November 14, 2004
The FCC has clear jurisdiction over the equipment used for radio and wire transmissions. Now Susan Crawford of the Cardozo Law School has discovered that in its brief supporting the Broadcast Flag, the FCC claims the authority over, well, the Internet. To support the Flag, says Susan, the FCC claims it can mandate
This is another serious step toward commercial totalitarian control over speech and culture. Won't someone please do something about it? Thank you. Posted
by D. Weinberger at November 14, 2004 10:39 AM
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Comments
I imagine "we" will have to participate, somehow, in doing something about it.
"Doing" exactly what, other than blogging, is difficult to imagine. Right now, blogging about it, even if hundreds of thousands of bloggers do, seems kinda like standing outside the legislative building, picketing and chanting. "We" can easily be ignored 'cuz this union has no standing and no power ... just voices.
Posted by: Jon Husband | November 14, 2004 11:56 AM
And where were you when campaign finance "reform" was passed? This isn't new, and it's being aided and abetted by morons like McCain, Feingold, Meehan, and their allies in the media, who want a monopoly over what the "news" is.
Posted by: James Robertson | November 14, 2004 12:40 PM
Small nit: it's Cardozo, not Cardoza.
Posted by: Frankenstein | November 14, 2004 03:10 PM
D'oh. I fixed it. Thanks.
Posted by: David Weinberger | November 14, 2004 03:47 PM
" Won't someone please do something about it? "
To do something about it...
. 1) Of course contacy your representative
. 2) Login to Electronic Freedom Foundation , PublicKnowledge , etc, ( I have some links at: WeMatter digital ) tell them that you support Digital Freedom and Technology progress.
. 3) Of course, if you have extra Money, or Time, give it to the cause.
It does seem that we are starting to have some effects. some of the bills have started to be stopped though we have not yet reached the tipping point.
Note: I note that after the Preview the text version has deleted the links. I believe this is not a failure, but I am duplicating the links in case I made an error in the input, e.g.
. http://www.eff.org
. http://www.publicknowledge.org/index.php
. http://www.wematter.com/links.htm#digital
Posted by: Mike Liveright | November 14, 2004 05:13 PM
Thank you for the link to the EFF. That is much appreciated. I will be sending that to some people.
JS
Posted by: Jarvis Stubblefield | November 16, 2004 10:52 AM