Michael Powell's contrasting views are here: http://www.politechbot.com/2005/01/07/no-fcc-censorship/ If cable and satellite must comply, why not the Internet as well? After all, convergence is real, and a lead story in today's WSJ describes how Yahoo is positioning itself as a kind of traditional entertainment company. Ted Stevens probably won't pay politically if he chooses to take his argument to the next "logical" conclusion -- and test whether the Supreme Court has changed its mind in the decade since ACLU v. Reno. -Declan --- http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/01/technology/satellite_decency.reut/index.htm Senator fights cable 'indecency' Alaska's Stevens says he'll push to apply public broadcast standards to satellite, too. March 1, 2005: 11:04 AM EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens said Tuesday he would push to apply broadcast decency standards to subscription television and radio services like cable and satellite. "Cable is a much greater violator in the indecency area," the Alaska Republican told the National Association of Broadcasters, which represents most local television affiliates. "I think we have the same power to deal with cable as over-the-air" broadcasters. "There has to be some standard of decency," he said. [...remainder snipped...] _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/)
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