[mythtv-users] Broadcast flag thrown out

Mudit Wahal mwahal at gmail.com
Fri May 6 15:55:19 UTC 2005


Yeah baby !! yeah !!!

but can MPAA appeal ?

On 5/6/05, joe.white at wachovia.com <joe.white at wachovia.com> wrote:
>  
> Party at my house!  Bring beer! 
>  
> mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org wrote on 05/06/2005 11:34:56 AM:
>  
>  > The DC Circuit has ruled in our favor, unanimously throwing out the 
>  > FCC's broadcast flag -- the rule that would have prevented pcHDTV and 
>  > Air2PC from making HDTV tuner cards in the US after July 1.
>  > 
>  >
> <http://pacer.cadc.uscourts.gov/docs/common/opinions/200505/04-1037b.pdf>
>  > "Because the Commission exceeded the scope of its
>  > delegated authority, we grant the petition for review, and reverse
>  > and vacate the Flag Order insofar as it requires demodulator
>  > products manufactured on or after July 1, 2005 to recognize and
>  > give effect to the broadcast flag."
>  > 
>  > Next, we'll have to stop the MPAA from going to Congress to get it back.
>  > 
>  > --Wendy
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>  > Electronic Frontier Foundation
>  > Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School
>  > http://wendy.seltzer.org/mythtv/
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