[Note the possible implications to DRM and SDR. steve] Senate Commerce Committee Chmn. John McCain (R-AZ) announced agenda for upcoming session, including several communications related issues. The Commerce Committee will examine, in order of importance: (1) Financial crisis in telecom industry (2) Spectrum policies (3) FCC reauthorization (4) Media consolidation (5) Cable rates (6) Broadband deployment and local competition (7) DTV transition (8) Offline and online consumer privacy (9) Ownership diversification (10) Consumer use of digital content.
Jon S. Beamer Manager, Government Relations & Legislative Affairs Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Suite 350 Washington, DC 20004 Let your secret sympathies and your compassion be always with the underdog in the fight -- this is magnanimity; but bet on the other one -- this is business. --Mark Twain
