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| DATE | 2006-06-19 |
| FROM | WWWhatsup
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Re: Senate Commerce Committee Communications Bill
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[farber]
From: Brett Glass
>>A copy of Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Steven's new telecom
>>legislation is available -- and it keeps growing. What started out as
>>135 pages on May 1 grew to 151 pages in the June 9 draft that was
>>released on June 12. This third draft -- dated June 16 and expected
>>to be officially unveiled in a 10 a.m. briefing on Capitol Hill --
>>tops off at 151 pages.
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>It's also worth noting that this new version makes an end run around
>recent court decisions by specifically enabling the FCC to mandate
>the "broadcast flag." This flag is intended to prevent recording or
>time-shifting of audio and video programming.
>
>--Brett Glass
>
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