Broadcast Flag Legislation - Here we go again!

Thanks to the fine Senator from Oregon (I forget the Bozos name at the moment) ...anyway

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060106-5922.html

Quote:

Broadcast Flag praised, panned in Senate hearing

1/24/2006 10:10:21 PM, by Ken "Caesar" Fisher

The Broadcast Flag was up on the Hill Wednesday for a full hearing in front of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. The two-hour, two-panel hearing solicited general feedback on whether or not Congress should provide the FCC with the authority to put the broadcast flag in place. Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) presided over the hearing, which included discussion on the merits of the broadcast flag for both television and radio.

In general, there was a slight bias towards supporting the broadcast flag, although it was clear from listening to the two-plus hour hearing that not all parties involved understand the technology or what is at stake, while some others are embarrassingly dishonest and disingenuous. In what follows, I am going to highlight the most important points of the discussion, and engage those points where I see problems.
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just lovely