Abstract
In response to growing fears from the entertainment industry over online file-sharing of valuable content, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") enacted sweeping regulations over the production of electronic devices in the name of protecting digital television broadcasts. Although the FCC's "broadcast flag" regulation was struck down on jurisdictional grounds, Hollywood has not given up the push for strict control. If Hollywood successfully acquires broadcast flag protection there could be far-reaching implications for innovation and development of new digital technologies. While content providers have important reasons to protect copyrighted material, there is too much at stake to merely acquiesce to their demands in the name of piracy prevention.
Citation
Garrett Levin, Buggy Whips and Broadcast Flags: The Need for a New Politics of Expression, 4 Duke Law & Technology Review 1-18 (2005)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/dltr/vol4/iss1/23