Walt Crawford special Broadcast Flag edition “Cites & Insights”
Cites & Insights, Volume 4, Number 5: April 2004 (PDF format, 272K).
- ÒThe Broadcast Flag proposed rulemaking is an
end-run around CongressÕ apparent unwillingness
to enact something as horrendous as
CBDTPA. - ÒWhile ineffective at solving any known problem,
the Broadcast Flag would provide an opening
for Big Media to insist on other
ÒenforcementÓ measures that would cripple
computers and many other electronic devices. - ÒThe case for the Broadcast Flag appears internally
inconsistent and at odds with technological
reality. But then, the MPAA is behind thisÑ
and Jack Valenti doesnÕt seem to have progressed
from his two-decade-old assertions that
VCRs would destroy the movie industry.