Consumer groups ask for Broadcast Flag Hearings
Public Knowledge - Congress Should Slow Broadcast Flag Consideration, Consumer Groups Say,
September 19, 2005.
In a letter to Senator Ted Stevens
of the Senate Commerce Committee, three
consumer groups urged Congress to
“consider the potential pitfalls of the broadcast flag,” which, they note,
“Will harm educators and consumers.”
Three leading consumer groups, Consumer Federation of America, Consumers Union and Public Knowledge, advised Congress not use budget or appropriations legislation to give the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) permission to impose content controls on digital television.
…educators and librarians also will have difficulties using DTV material under the broadcast-flag scheme. On balance, the broadcast flag scheme is not worth the trouble and confusion in the marketplace it will cause.