HDTV and the Broadcast Flat

[Mike Reinehr]

On Thursday 28 April 2005 09:40 pm, Kurt Wall wrote:
> http://www.kclug.org/pipermail/kclug/2004-October/026203.html
>
> Perhaps we should all buy several HDTV cards so we don't have to
> live with the broadcast flag.
>
> Kurt

This just in:

Appellate Court Strikes  FCC's Anti-Piracy Rules
 
A WALL STREET JOURNAL ONLINE NEWS ROUNDUP  May 6, 2005 11:11 a.m.
 
A federal appellate court Friday invalidated federal regulations that require 
makers of TV sets to equip them with technology that prevents digital 
broadcast signals from being redistributed.
 
Ruling in a case brought by the American Library Association, the U.S. Court 
of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit said the Federal Communications Commission 
had overstepped its authority in trying to regulate how consumers can use 
their TV sets after they receive broadcasts. ...

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