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FCC Commissioner Wants To Push For DRM 337

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday April 19, 2006 @10:42AM from the why-run-for-public-office-unless-you-can-force-your-views-on-others dept.

RareButSeriousSideEffects writes "Techdirt reports that 'Newest Commissioner Deborah Tate has apparently announced that while she knows its outside the FCC's authority, she's a huge fan of copy protection and hopes to use her new position as a "bully pulpit" on the topic.'"

Comment Re:This is ribiculious... (Score 1) 169

by adawg on Monday February 20, 2006 @09:01AM (#14760353) Attached to: Next-Gen DVD Players to Rely on HDMI?

Indeed, I think part of the studios' strategy is to kill off physical media. Didn't Gates recently say that this will be the last ever format war before everything is distributed electronically?

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