MPAA Again Tries to Prohibit Recording of OTA Broadcasts

MPAA: Consider Broadcast Flag Provision

Rob...

Sigh ... here we go again. Maybe the US Senate should find some more
important things to waste their time on.

Rob
Canada

During Tuesday's Senate Commerce Committee hearing on telecom reform,
Dan Glickman of the Motion Picture Association of America encouraged
lawmakers to include a broadcast flag provision in any telecom
legislation, an effort aimed at protecting Hollywood content from
piracy.

"Protecting intellectual property will become a recurring and
increasingly important theme for our economy in the decades to come,"
Glickman told the Senate committee. "This nation will prosper or it
will fail in large part based on how we protect our nation's greatest
assets ? the skill, ingenuity and creativity of our people."

Mark Nobles...

He's right. But what do these have to do with TV?

Broadcast flag would protect the quality of free over-the-air
broadcasts in the digital age, he said. Cable and satellite TV have
systems in place to protect content, and the Federal Communications
Commission has some provisions related to broadcast flag technology.

"If broadcast television is not similarly protected, content providers
will choose to send their high value content to where it can best be
protected," Glickman said. "By including the broadcast flag, this
committee takes a stand to protect free over-the air television for
consumers."

RichA...

If the networks, etc, send radio waves that cross my property, I WILL
do what I like
with them. I OWN it. The radio waves are trespassing.

hancock4...

Really? How much toll do you collect from airplanes passing overhead?

Rob...

I only send them an invoice if they dump the toilets over my property. The
only thing that I am really concerned about are those dreaded Cosmic Rays
that loom above and around me.

Rob
Canada

UncleDave...

I'll sell you one of those little metal hats that deflect Cosmic Rays and
keep you safe. Or, if you don't want to pay the $39.95, you can make one
out of tinfoil. Works great.

akjack...

If you own the airspace above your property why not charge a toll
on all aircraft that passes over? You don't own the space above
your property.

BTR1701...

Actually, the law says you do own it, subject to a standard of
reasonableness.

If your neighbor has a tree that's hanging over your land and dumping
all sorts of leaves, nuts, etc. onto it, you have a right to a remedy
because the law says you own the land AND the space above it and
whatever's below it. However, this right (as are most rights under the
law) is subject to a reasonableness standard.

Barring United Airlines from flying overhead at 30,000 feet would not be
reasonable. Barring a helicopter from hovering over your house at 300
feet would be entirely reasonable.

In this case, Rich's trespassing argument fails the reasonableness test.

Radio waves are ENTERING your property, so have them stopped.

BTR1701...

Try telling that to United Airlines when they fly over you. Or the
dozens of satellites in orbit. I suppose you own the moon, too, for the
few seconds it's directly over your property?

Kantica22...

The FCC has no Power over the US Supreme Court, who has already said SEVERAL
TIMES "No Way, Dudes!" (*to sum up*)
Never Has Happened.
Never Will Happen.
Shut up, "John Heck: False Gould" aka "Chicken Little".
Take Care. LOL.

Kantica22...

and thus ends yet another "Web Rumor" when faced with "ugly Honest,
Truthful, Verifiable Reality" aka "No Contest". LOL.
R.I.P.
As they say in "Tron":
"End Of Line."

ANIM8Rfsk...

So, the upshot here is, Dan Glickman is a big a sack of lying horse manure
as Jack Valenti ever was?

Ken from Chicago...

A reasonable trade for broadcast flag: networks have to BUY AT OPEN AUCTION
access to the PUBLIC's airwaves.