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| DATE | 2006-06-19 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Re: Senate Commerce Committee Communications Bill
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If we had fairuse guarantees this problem wouldn't exist.
Ruben
On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 03:47:17PM -0400, WWWhatsup wrote:
> [farber]
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> From: Brett Glass
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> >>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.
> >
> >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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