Lauren Weinstein's Kevo

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Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:06:14 -0700
From: pfir@pfir.org
Subject: [ PFIR ] FCC wants to regulate "violence" on broadcast and basic cable TV

Greetings.

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
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