Comments on: Supreme Court Decision in FCC v. Fox (Part 2: Initial Thoughts) http://techliberation.com/2009/04/28/supreme-court-decision-in-fcc-v-fox-part-2-initial-thoughts/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:15:14 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: autodidact http://techliberation.com/2009/04/28/supreme-court-decision-in-fcc-v-fox-part-2-initial-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-65312 autodidact Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:48:21 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=17962#comment-65312 I hardly think the absence of dirty words and nakedness on over-the-air broadcasting will "kill" it. In the coming Great Depression II, many folks are going to be disconnecting their cables and satellite dishes, and find that broadcast television is just fine. Even better, now that digital TV allows 2 or 3 subchannels on a single frequency. And when I say it is "just fine" I mean that it is the same mediocrity one finds on cable TV, but with slightly less vulgarity. :)<br><br>Your hyperbole about killing broadcast channels hardly helps your case. I hardly think the absence of dirty words and nakedness on over-the-air broadcasting will “kill” it. In the coming Great Depression II, many folks are going to be disconnecting their cables and satellite dishes, and find that broadcast television is just fine. Even better, now that digital TV allows 2 or 3 subchannels on a single frequency. And when I say it is “just fine” I mean that it is the same mediocrity one finds on cable TV, but with slightly less vulgarity. :)

Your hyperbole about killing broadcast channels hardly helps your case.

]]> By: Supreme Court Decision in FCC v. Fox (Part 4: The Thomas Concurrence) | The Technology Liberation Front http://techliberation.com/2009/04/28/supreme-court-decision-in-fcc-v-fox-part-2-initial-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-59192 Supreme Court Decision in FCC v. Fox (Part 4: The Thomas Concurrence) | The Technology Liberation Front Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:22:13 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=17962#comment-59192 [...] today’s historical Supreme Court decision in FCC v. Fox, I have been commenting on the logic and implications of the decision. Part 3 dealt with the majority’s decision in the [...] [...] today’s historical Supreme Court decision in FCC v. Fox, I have been commenting on the logic and implications of the decision. Part 3 dealt with the majority’s decision in the [...]

]]> By: Supreme Court Decision in FCC v. Fox (Part 3: The Majority Decision) | The Technology Liberation Front http://techliberation.com/2009/04/28/supreme-court-decision-in-fcc-v-fox-part-2-initial-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-59187 Supreme Court Decision in FCC v. Fox (Part 3: The Majority Decision) | The Technology Liberation Front Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:19:43 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=17962#comment-59187 [...] The Court ruled in the FCC’s favor by a 5-4 margin.  My initial general thoughts are here. In this piece, I’ll talk a bit more about the majority’s decision in the case. [...] [...] The Court ruled in the FCC’s favor by a 5-4 margin.  My initial general thoughts are here. In this piece, I’ll talk a bit more about the majority’s decision in the case. [...]

]]> By: autodidact http://techliberation.com/2009/04/28/supreme-court-decision-in-fcc-v-fox-part-2-initial-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-61637 autodidact Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:48:21 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=17962#comment-61637 I hardly think the absence of dirty words and nakedness on over-the-air broadcasting will "kill" it. In the coming Great Depression II, many folks are going to be disconnecting their cables and satellite dishes, and find that broadcast television is just fine. Even better, now that digital TV allows 2 or 3 subchannels on a single frequency. And when I say it is "just fine" I mean that it is the same mediocrity one finds on cable TV, but with slightly less vulgarity. :)<br><br>Your hyperbole about killing broadcast channels hardly helps your case. I hardly think the absence of dirty words and nakedness on over-the-air broadcasting will “kill” it. In the coming Great Depression II, many folks are going to be disconnecting their cables and satellite dishes, and find that broadcast television is just fine. Even better, now that digital TV allows 2 or 3 subchannels on a single frequency. And when I say it is “just fine” I mean that it is the same mediocrity one finds on cable TV, but with slightly less vulgarity. :)

Your hyperbole about killing broadcast channels hardly helps your case.

]]> By: autodidact http://techliberation.com/2009/04/28/supreme-court-decision-in-fcc-v-fox-part-2-initial-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-59181 autodidact Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:48:21 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=17962#comment-59181 I hardly think the absence of dirty words and nakedness on over-the-air broadcasting will "kill" it. In the coming Great Depression II, many folks are going to be disconnecting their cables and satellite dishes, and find that broadcast television is just fine. Even better, now that digital TV allows 2 or 3 subchannels on a single frequency. And when I say it is "just fine" I mean that it is the same mediocrity one finds on cable TV, but with slightly less vulgarity. :)<br><br>Your hyperbole about killing broadcast channels hardly helps your case. I hardly think the absence of dirty words and nakedness on over-the-air broadcasting will “kill” it. In the coming Great Depression II, many folks are going to be disconnecting their cables and satellite dishes, and find that broadcast television is just fine. Even better, now that digital TV allows 2 or 3 subchannels on a single frequency. And when I say it is “just fine” I mean that it is the same mediocrity one finds on cable TV, but with slightly less vulgarity. :)

Your hyperbole about killing broadcast channels hardly helps your case.

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