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FCC wants to regulate "violence" on broadcast and basic cable TV
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:39:04 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com> Date: April 24, 2007 1:35:35 AM EDT To: dave () farber net Cc: lauren () vortex comSubject: FCC wants to regulate "violence" on broadcast and basic cable TV
Dave, Here we go. The FCC is about to release a report to Congress suggesting that lawmakers enact legislation controlling "violent content" -- not only on broadcast television but apparently on "basic cable" channels as well. See: http://tinyurl.com/267ea5 (Washington Post article) The legal battles that would certainly result will be breathtaking, and it seems rather likely that calls to extend such regulations to the Internet will follow. If you think that defining obscenity is tough, just wait until we see people of all stripes arguing about the relative violence of a stick of TNT blowing Daffy Duck's bill around his head. That's Not All, Folks! More after the report is released. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lauren () vortex com or lauren () pfir org Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 http://www.pfir.org/lauren Co-Founder, PFIR - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org Co-Founder, IOIC - International Open Internet Coalition - http://www.ioic.net Founder, CIFIP - California Initiative For Internet Privacy - http://www.cifip.org Founder, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com DayThink: http://daythink.vortex.com ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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