{"id":8184,"date":"2005-10-06T16:06:43","date_gmt":"2005-10-06T20:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/uncategorized\/broadcast-flag-action-alert\/"},"modified":"2005-10-06T16:06:43","modified_gmt":"2005-10-06T20:06:43","slug":"broadcast-flag-action-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/broadcast-flag-action-alert\/","title":{"rendered":"Broadcast Flag Action Alert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In case you haven&#8217;t noticed, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/action\/night_of_the_broadcast_flag\">PK posted an action alert on the broadcast flag<\/a>.  You might be asking yourself, &#8220;Self, what new legislation has been introduced on the broadcast flag to warrant me calling my legislator to tell him or her about the broadcast flag?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Good question!  You&#8217;re right, there hasn&#8217;t been a bill introduced with the broadcast flag on it.  Yet.  And that&#8217;s what it&#8217;s really about.  We work in Washington, DC.  Part of our job is keeping our ear to the ground and looking for the writing on the wall.<\/p>\n<p>Well, we heard what was going on a few months ago in the Appropriations Committee, alerted you, and you called in droves.  And guess what? The broadcast flag <a href=\"http:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/node\/3\">didn&#8217;t make it onto a spending bill<\/a>.  Nice job!<\/p>\n<p>The reasons for some of the pre-emptive action alerts are manyfold.  Here are just a few reasons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>To educate legislators on the specific issue.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>To let them know that there may be other angles to this issue, and that the issue is potentially controversial.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>To make them aware that a part of their constituency cares enough to write them a letter.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As for the current broadcast flag status, the current potential vehicle is the DTV transition bill.  In the Senate, we&#8217;ve heard that there will be two bills: A spectrum \/ budget oriented one (less controversial) and a policy oriented one (more controversial).  The policy DTV bill will probably contain issues like DTV converter box subsidy language, broadcast flag language, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/node\/7\">HD-radio protection<\/a>, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently MPAA and RIAA have teamed up.  They are rumored to be pushing their &#8220;flags&#8221; together, and wanting broad FCC authority for both.  By broad, we mean something broader than &#8220;The FCC has the authority to reinstate the broadcast flag.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So, that&#8217;s the low-down and why we ask you to contact your legislators.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/action\/night_of_the_broadcast_flag\">Again, you can find a link to the broadcast flag action here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In case you haven&#8217;t noticed, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/action\/night_of_the_broadcast_flag\">PK posted an action alert on the broadcast flag<\/a>.  You might be asking yourself, &#8220;Self, what new legislation has been introduced on the broadcast flag to warrant me calling my legislator to tell him or her about the broadcast flag?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Good question!  You&#8217;re right, there hasn&#8217;t been a bill introduced with the broadcast flag on it.  Yet.  And that&#8217;s what it&#8217;s really about.  We work in Washington, DC.  Part of our job is keeping our ear to the ground and looking for the writing on the wall.<\/p>\n<p>Well, we heard what was going on a few months ago in the Appropriations Committee, alerted you, and you called in droves.  And guess what? The broadcast flag <a href=\"http:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/node\/3\">didn&#8217;t make it onto a spending bill<\/a>.  Nice job!<\/p>\n<p>The reasons for some of the pre-emptive action alerts are manyfold.  Here are just a few reasons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>To educate legislators on the specific issue.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>To let them know that there may be other angles to this issue, and that the issue is potentially controversial.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>To make them aware that a part of their constituency cares enough to write them a letter.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As for the current broadcast flag status, the current potential vehicle is the DTV transition bill.  In the Senate, we&#8217;ve heard that there will be two bills: A spectrum \/ budget oriented one (less controversial) and a policy oriented one (more controversial).  The policy DTV bill will probably contain issues like DTV converter box subsidy language, broadcast flag language, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/node\/7\">HD-radio protection<\/a>, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently MPAA and RIAA have teamed up.  They are rumored to be pushing their &#8220;flags&#8221; together, and wanting broad FCC authority for both.  By broad, we mean something broader than &#8220;The FCC has the authority to reinstate the broadcast flag.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So, that&#8217;s the low-down and why we ask you to contact your legislators.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/action\/night_of_the_broadcast_flag\">Again, you can find a link to the broadcast flag action here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insights"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Broadcast Flag Action Alert - Public Knowledge<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Public Knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. 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