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avril 18, 2005
Wired: Fuck the FCC
Wired has a good article summing up what I'm thinking about the soviet-like organisations that want to keep the airwaves decent.
In a world of unlimited spectrum, shackling the First Amendment is obscene.
The theory dates from the 1920s: The airwaves are a scarce public resource, so Washington must license them and insure that they're used for the public interest. That means no f-bombs, no sphincter talk, and absolutely no nipples at the Super Bowl. When cable and the Internet came along, the Supreme Court held that the government can't regulate their content because scarcity isn't a problem. But how much longer will spectrum scarcity be something to worry about?
Read the article on Wired's web site.
Posted by gfk at avril 18, 2005 8:19 AM
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