FCC gets a smack down in open court
Feb. 23rd, 2005 04:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
somedaybitchthe article from Hollywoodreporter.com is here.
it's highly worth reading, especially in that it bears direct impact on the viewing audience.
"You're at a line," Edwards said. "You can't regulate beyond that line without express congressional direction."
He accused the commission of abusing its "ancillary" power to facilitate the digital TV transition as its rationale for writing the rule.
"Are you going to regulate washing machines next?" he said. "Ancillary does not mean you get to rule the world."
hee.
hat tip to The Defamer.
it's highly worth reading, especially in that it bears direct impact on the viewing audience.
"You're at a line," Edwards said. "You can't regulate beyond that line without express congressional direction."
He accused the commission of abusing its "ancillary" power to facilitate the digital TV transition as its rationale for writing the rule.
"Are you going to regulate washing machines next?" he said. "Ancillary does not mean you get to rule the world."
hee.
hat tip to The Defamer.
