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The Silver Lining of the Janet Jackson Incident

By Lauren Gelman on

A Demonstration of Democracy-Enhancing Technology, And The Need to Fight the "Broadcast Flag" Rule

In this column for Findlaw, I discuss proposed new FCC "broadcast flag" technology regulation likely to take effect soon and argue that it will halt innovation in technologies that capture, manipulate and transfer digital television. Without such innovation-- democratic debate on the Internet will be impoverished.

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