Who was pushing that broadcast flag ? Who wanted it ? It was pushed by big business, and stop by the courts. I am not exactly sure of the ruling on it, but I believe it was related to the the fair use law. So despite some peoples dislike of government, it does to what the people want if we work hard enough. At least with government we have some recourse, and can change things. With big business we just get the crap they dish out, and told to go somewhere else if we don't like it! Don't have too many choices when they all do the same thing and push the same crap? (isn't that collusion ? ) ? Is there anyone that likes their ComCast choices ? The other crap you have to buy with the channels you want ? or the fact you have to have ComCast set top boxes now! Sure let big business do what it wants cause it worked so well in the Gulf and deep sea oil drilling ! And with Tabacco, they were KILLING their customers, so they made product better and safer by selling it younger people! ==>brian. On 08/19/2010 12:21 PM, Isaac Atilano wrote: > >> Harry: When AT&T ruled the airwaves, did the government step in and >> restrict those airwaves even more? Or did we get the CarterPhone >> decision that gave us choices on how our airwaves, that we own, were >> used? The FCC isn't seeking to restrict us. It's seeking to restrict >> the corporate thugs. >> Tom > > Unfortunately, that's not always the case. Take, for example the case of > the Broadcast Flag where it was demanded by the FCC that devices follow > rules to thwart piracy. This is at the expense of our freedom to > manufacture and buy hardware that can otherwise have legitimate use. > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list