FCC's broadcast flag plans get flagged down

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[TV Squad] On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the FCC did not have the authority to prohibit the manufacture of computer and video hardware that doesn't have copy protection, known to many as the nefarious "broadcast flag." Barring an overturn by a higher court, this ruling means that provision for a broadcast flag must come from Congress, not the FCC. If the FCC were allowed to continue with their plans, it would've meant that future PVR developers would have to get permission from the FCC and/or Hollywood before building high-definition versions of TiVo, for example.

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[Indian English spoken here] Now Showing: Miss Congeniality 2, Phantom of the Opera, Lucky: No Time For Love: That one, for those of you who saw it, was a pleasant slap in the face. After a series of forgettable films that did nothing for her career - and trust me, however big a star you may be, a few bad films can really trash your rep in Hollywood: look at what happened to Winona Ryder, or Alicia Silverstone, and too many others to count on all your fingers and toes - Sandra Bullock bounced back big-time with that charming character comedy.

[Race for 2008] New York GOP Mounts 'STOP HILLARY' Effort: Hillary Rodham Clinton is running for the White House, New York's GOP chairman has kicked off a national "STOP HILLARY NOW!" fund-raising effort to thwart her 2006 Senate re-election bid. "Stopping Hillary Rodham Clinton is the most important thing you and I can do as Republicans in the next two years," says the fund-raising appeal sent out by Stephen Minarik. "You could say it's our duty as Republicans."

[Hillary Clinton 2008] New York GOP Mounts 'STOP HILLARY' Effort: Hillary Rodham Clinton is running for the White House, New York's GOP chairman has kicked off a national "STOP HILLARY NOW!" fund-raising effort to thwart her 2006 Senate re-election bid. "Stopping Hillary Rodham Clinton is the most important thing you and I can do as Republicans in the next two years," says the fund-raising appeal sent out by Stephen Minarik. "You could say it's our duty as Republicans."

[The Contrary Guy] Saturday Morning Coffee: I haven't had any coffee ...: The story is like a page-turner comic, you don't know what will happen until the next page; a tight dramatic story punctuated by occasional dark humor. If you can stand the gore, and can accept the notion that it's supposed to be like a comic book, Sin City is highly recommended.

[Cynthia L. Webb] Ask Jeeves Gets $1.85 Billion Answer: In other Yahoo news, CNET has details on what the search engine company is up to at its Hollywood-focused Media Group: Looking for job candidates for news and information and other posts. Among the listings? Yahoo is looking for a news editor who will "have the opportunity to help shape the direction of online journalism by contributing to the overall editorial direction and growth of Yahoo News."

Transvigor - a blog for fans of strong, muscular women - » 2005 » May: I will get you for this, Hollywood. With God as my witness, I will get you for this. You will weep and gnash your teeth and cry that it wasn’t your fault, but I know the truth.

MVP Racebook Horse Track Odds: This means that out of the fifteen separate pools, if you were skilled or lucky enough to pick the winner in all of them you still would have gotten more return on your money in eight of them on Derby day. Does it make sense to let them use your money for one to three months when over half of the time you get a better price in two minutes on the first Saturday in May? Sure if you are Bob Baffert or Bobby Frankel and have a sleeper you might want to put a few bucks down but for us laymen I believe this is a sucker’s bet.

The Blog from the Core - Friday, August 29, 2003: As the Left has taken over liberalism, the notion that America should use its might to fight on behalf of liberty has been rejected. In his inaugural address, Kennedy said, "Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty." Post-Kennedy leftists-liberals revile such talk, dismissing it as conservative and imperialist. A president who advocates unilateral American action against tyranny is no longer considered a moral liberal, but a reactionary cowboy.

blog | sistermachinegun.com: So the Amish Rake Fight site, the Atomica site, the Sister Machine Gun site, and the forthcoming Chris Randall site will all be different portals to the same information. Each site will have its own separate newsgroup, but if you private-message someone, that PM will show up no matter which site the recipient visits.

Graham's weblog » 2003 » September » 29: […] But this year, those who skip out on the showings at their neighborhood multiplex in favor of their home theaters may be SOL. That’s because the Motion Picture Association of America is trying to get the major studios to stop mailing out DVD and video screeners, claiming the practice leads to piracy.” [Link]

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