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FBI to get veto power over PC software?
by Hijexx at 8:48 am EDT, Sep 30, 2005 |
The Federal Communications Commission thinks you have the right to use software on your computer only if the FBI approves. No, really. In an obscure "policy" document released around 9 p.m. ET last Friday, the FCC announced this remarkable decision. According to the three-page document, to preserve the openness that characterizes today's Internet, "consumers are entitled to run applications and use services of their choice, subject to the needs of law enforcement." Read the last seven words again. |
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RE: FBI to get veto power over PC software?
by Dagmar at 6:46 am EDT, Oct 2, 2005 |
Hijexx wrote:
The Federal Communications Commission thinks you have the right to use software on your computer only if the FBI approves. No, really. In an obscure "policy" document released around 9 p.m. ET last Friday, the FCC announced this remarkable decision. According to the three-page document, to preserve the openness that characterizes today's Internet, "consumers are entitled to run applications and use services of their choice, subject to the needs of law enforcement." Read the last seven words again.
Wow am I glad the FCC don't exactly have jurisdiction over anything outside of the EM broadcast spectrum. |
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FBI to get veto power over PC software?
by Decius at 9:57 am EDT, Sep 30, 2005 |
The Federal Communications Commission thinks you have the right to use software on your computer only if the FBI approves. No, really. In an obscure "policy" document released around 9 p.m. ET last Friday, the FCC announced this remarkable decision. According to the three-page document, to preserve the openness that characterizes today's Internet, "consumers are entitled to run applications and use services of their choice, subject to the needs of law enforcement." Read the last seven words again.
Thankfully the FCC doesn't have that kind of power. |
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