Public Knowledge, joined by EFF as well as the Consumer Federation of America, the Digital Freedom Campaign, the Media Access Project, the New America Foundation and U.S. PIRG, yesterday filed an opposition [PDF] to the MPAA's FCC petition seeking a waiver of the ban against selectable output controls (SOC) (we have an explanation of what a "selectable output control" is on our Digital Video ...
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Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Copps, a longtime warrior against media consolidation, on Monday (July 21) voted against the proposed merger between Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio, a decision that has lingered at the FCC for more than 410 days.
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The FCC needs to take steps to keep the Internet free of interference from broadband providers, such as the slowing of peer-to-peer traffic and the tracking of subscribers' Web habits, several witnesses told the FCC at a hearing Monday.
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The US Federal Communications Commission needs to take steps to keep the internet free of interference from broadband providers, such as the slowing of peer-to-peer traffic and the tracking of subscribers' web habits, several witnesses told the FCC at a hearing Monday.
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The Federal Communications Commission is receiving invites from a host of companies and organizations vying to be chosen for white-space testing by the FCC. Add the Recording Academy to that list.
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PHILADELPHIA -- CBS Corp. said it hoped Monday's court decision to throw out a fine for Janet Jackson's “wardrobe malfunction” during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show “will lead the FCC to return to the policy of restrained indecency enforcement it followed for decades.”
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Two additional members of the Federal Communications Commission have cast votes on a proposal to approve Sirius Satellite Radio Inc's acquisition of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc, one voting for it and another against it, agency sources said on Tuesday.
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The FCC is expected to side with cable operators who complained about Verizon's use of customer information in order to keep subscribers from deserting its telephone service, a report says.
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