Broadcast flag killed”¦for now

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[Roemerman on Record] I’m rather happy that the US Court of Appeals has struck down the FCC’s attempt to require support for the so called broadcast flag in all new television and television recording devices. Once this system was in place, a bit accompanying the transmission of all television broadcasts could have prevented you from “Tivoing” a movie or show on your DVR, if this flag were set to true. Essentially broadcasters would have been able control the right to record a program

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[Scobles Link Blog] Ed Batista - Blogs Are Obsolete (from: PubSub: Scoble): What’s interesting about blogs isn’t the underlying technology itself, but rather their ability to enable all these online conversations, characterized by the qualities I listed above.  "Corporate blogging" isn’t an oxymoron because the new ways in which organizations are using blogging tools don’t fit the traditional (i.e. conversational, public) definition of "blog."  "Corporate blogging" is an oxymoron because so many organizations (both for-profit and nonprofit) want their people to read the manual, follow the rules, stick to the script and stay on message.  That’s a recipe for boring, stale, canned, phony dialogue–anything but an actual conversation between the organization and its market.

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[Jay Currie: Books and Politics] Outstanding!: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled Friday that the Federal Communications Commission did not have the authority to prohibit the manufacture of computer and video hardware that doesn't have copy protection technology known as the "broadcast flag." The regulations, which the FCC created in November 2003, had been intended to limit unauthorized Internet redistribution of over-the-air TV broadcasts.

[BonjoBlog] PBS Execs Fear "Right Wing Agenda": Many people are complaining about the Republicans which have taken over. These right-wing zealots are demanding investigations, handing shows to like-minded conservatives, and have even expressed outrage over a "children's travelogue program in which a rabbit character named Buster paid a visit to two families headed by lesbians" (imagine that).

[Liquidtoast] I’m dreaming of a White Christmas”¦: Thirty years ago yesterday the last choppers flew out of Siagon, marking the end of the US engagement in Vietnam. There was remarkably little violence during those final days, that most of it coming from South Vietnamese Army units looting as they fled in advance of the Vietcong. The South Vietnamese government had essentially collapsed, for it was understood that no government which had supported the US presense in South Vietnam could actually stand on it’s own. Former general Duong Van Minh had been sworn in as President a half hour before the attack on Saigon began, and shortly there after broadcast the message of unconditional surrender to the North Vietnamese.

[Nadig.com] Halleluiah, there is SOME common sense in the land”¦: While we can have nice discussions abotu rights management and copyright, that’s actually irrelevant to the victory here. In this case, the FCC was essentially saying “if you make a box, and that box can do 1000 things, and ONE of the things it can do is look in the air for TV signals, then you have to design the ENTIRE box to abide by this arbitrary content schema and ruleset.”

[Fraters Libertas] How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm? You ca...: What about Nick Kristof, who has access to the same maps of Africa that the rest of us do? Does he wonder that the largest Arab country, directly north of Sudan with a large army and an air force hundreds of planes strong, has never made a move toward establishing, say, a no-fly zone over any part of Darfur? Demanded UN sanctions against Sudan, or imposed any of its own? To be honest, I doubt the idea has even crossed his mind.

[Nucular Weppins] Redefining Democrats: As an example, MoveOn enlisted the help of their members in choosing video advertisements to air on national television. There were some very creative minds behind many of these videos. Some of the messages were very direct (and angry), while others were more subtle and thought-provoking. When the membership chose the videos to broadcast, they invariably selected the ones that appealed to the base - venting anger, frustration through cynicism and sarcasm.

[Scrivener's Error] Flagging Interest:    www blogspot radio.weblogs U.S.C. § U.S. Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut District of Columbia Delaware Florida Georgia Guam Hawa'ii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

[B12 Partners Solipsism] GM to Starcom Mediavest: Betsy Lazar, general director of advertising and media operations at the automaker, in a statement said, “Effective Oct. 1, GM Planworks has been selected as the agency of record for GM's entire media buying portfolio in the U.S. This includes national and local broadcast buying, print and digital media.”

[Armwood Technology Blog] The New York Times > Technology > Circuits > Basics: Now, Audio Blogs for Those Who Aspire to Be D.J.'s: In addition to the chance to be heard by millions of Internet users, the relative ease of producing a show has driven the popularity of podcasting. A group of college friends unable to get their film careers off the ground, for example, decided to tell their stories, which are a cross between Firesign Theater and Hunter S. Thompson, in a podcast at the Peanut Gallery (www.thepeanutgallery.info). Those looking for a similar creative outlet need only a computer with a connected microphone and Web access.

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