My buddy and guru, Scott, just popped me notice that my friends at Public Knowledge (PK) just won a Very Important Case. PK was able to get the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) “broadcast flag” rule thrown out. Via Scott, the Washington Post, News.com, Boing Boing, and Public Knowledge. Congrats!
From Art Brodsky:
Public Knowledge is pleased to announce that The U.S. Appeals Court for the D.C. Circuit this morning threw out the Federal Communications Commission’s order establishing the so-called “broadcast flag.”
In a unanimous opinion, the court agreed with our argument that the FCC exceeded its authority in creating this broadcast flag scheme. Judge Harry T. Edwards, writing for the court, said: “In the seven decades of its existence, the FCC has never before asserted such sweeping authority. Indeed, in the past, the FCC has informed Congress that it lacked any such authority. In our view, nothing has changed to give the FCC the authority it now claims.” This was a case that Public Knowledge organized and financed. We’re still looking for help to pay for the case, so please take the opportunity, if you haven’t, contribute to PK or become a member. It’s easy. See here:
http://www.publicknowledge.org/membership-drive-200504.
We couldn’t have done it without the help of our co-plaintiffs, Consumers Union, Consumer Federation of America, Electronic Frontier Foundation, American Library Association, Association of Research Libraries, American Association of Law Libraries, Medical Library Association and the Special Libraries Association.
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Art Brodsky
Communications Director
Public Knowledge
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