Jan 2, 2007

Bad day for the FCC, good day for us

Adam over at technical liberation front gives us a rundown of the verbal spanking the FCC recieved from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals Judges. It read to me that they went so far as to question the relievence of the FCC in the internet era, which is a wonderful thing, since the FCC is a completely outdated concept that needs to die. The best quote is this:
Judge Pooler also pointed out that when so many parents allow there kids to have TVs and other media devices in their bedrooms, we should assume that those parents have implicitly accepted some level of risk and that it is their responsibility - - not the government's - - to deal with objectionable material after that. "Parents could get the TV out of the bedroom" instead of having the FCC "galloping to the rescue" she argued. Pooler


I do not like Fox, but this is one of the few times that I hope they win this suit. It will help us build evidence to show that the FCC seriously needs to be restructured, if not completely killed.

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