Was wondering if anyone following things more closely than me could give an update on the status of the broadcast flag issue, which i'd heard was under challenge. So those without know whether to order HDTV cards soon or not. ;)
We're waiting for the D.C. Circuit to rule on our challenge to the FCC's jurisdiction to impose the broadcast flag. They sounded sympathetic to us at oral argument, then asked for extra briefing on standing -- wanting to make sure that the plaintiffs (EFF, ALA, Public Knowledge) had specific harms that had or would be likely to occur. They could rule any day.
If they don't throw it out, the flag mandate takes effect July 1, 2005. That will make it impossible to manufacture in the U.S. cards like the HD-3000 or Air2PC.
If the court does strike down the FCC's flag, I suspect we'll see heavy lobbying to Congress to re-impose it.
--Wendy
-- Wendy Seltzer -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Electronic Frontier Foundation Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/seltzer.html Chilling Effects: http://www.chillingeffects.org/
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