Re: [videoblogging] Re: First John Edwards. What Happens Next?/video regulation

2007-01-01 Thread Frank Carver
Friday, December 29, 2006, 7:01:55 PM, J. Rhett Aultman wrote: Another interesting question to pose has to do with the regulation of money going to political ads. Does this even extend to the Internet? Can political candidates exploit lapses in campaign expenditure regulation to pay video

Re: [videoblogging] Re: First John Edwards. What Happens Next?/video regulation

2006-12-29 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
Another interesting question to pose has to do with the regulation of money going to political ads. Does this even extend to the Internet? Can political candidates exploit lapses in campaign expenditure regulation to pay video bloggers for time on their blogs? What about advertisement storms

Re: [videoblogging] Re: First John Edwards. What Happens Next?/video regulation

2006-12-29 Thread Peter Leppik
Traditionally, the legal rationale behind regulating broadcast TV is that broadcast spectrum is a finite and very limited resource which can only accommodate a relatively small number of channels (or radio stations, for that matter). Hence the government has to step in and make sure the

Re: [videoblogging] Re: First John Edwards. What Happens Next?/video regulation

2006-12-29 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
I think it was Kafka who said that the liberation of all revolutions ultimately results in its own aristocracy and the bureaucracy to defend it. See also George Orwell. Me? I'll just have a drink and go find some kids doing capoeira to video. It's less depressing. :) -- Rhett.

Re: [videoblogging] Re: First John Edwards. What Happens Next?/video regulation

2006-12-29 Thread Peter Leppik
Well, that's the beauty of Internet video. If you think there's a real issue to address, go out and address it. Nobody's stopping you. On Dec 29, 2006, at 3:03 PM, Heath wrote: But I did think that part of the equal time has merits, because it does ensure (in theory) that all sides can be