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Some more interesting news on the liberal copyright front. Support creativity - send the artists money directly & skip the 'content distributors'! Note: After seeing "What the Bleep Do We Know?" I'd have to disagree with the "bits not the same as atoms" comment.

I'm eager to see what kind of information CPB's America at the Crossroads initiative will produce.

LOL - this is a great story!

I've been hearing about this issue for a year or two now and am curious to see how it's going to turn out. If it isn't decided before the election, would Democratic leadership make it more likely? It looks like the FCC was trying to do the right thing but our freethinking House O' (Big Money) Reps stepped in to squash the plan.

I find these ongoing stories about indecency (prompted by Janet's nipple ring) almost obscene. If our gov't truly wants to fight indecency, they should fucking stop invading other countries and get their goddamn focus back where it belongs - addressing some of our internal problems.

This bothers me. I can't help but think that a paying customer is going to be higher ranked than a non-paying customer. I have so enjoyed the Internet as a forum that is, at its heart, non-commercial and non-profit. If paying customers are given higher ranking, then Yahoo's search has become just another venue for large corporations to dominate - leaving behind one of the most interesting aspects of the Internet - the possibility of finding yourself somewhere you never expected. It's true that that possiblity doesn't disappear, but it is greatly lessened as most people won't take the time to search past the first ten links popped up in a search.

This issue came up recently but hasn't gotten much media coverage (big surprise).

As stated in the body of this article: ..."The law of unintended consequences in this case has the potential to be huge,"... The implications if this legislation is enacted are almost mindboggling. It has the potential to severly damage one of the fundamental building blocks of the Internet - free exchange of information. Regardless of what the supporters say, we all know that once it's enacted, it's fair game for any large corporation that has the funds to start the legal nitpicking necessary to gain them a few more bucks. Another statement on the pending bill.

Who's surprised? We all know that many conservatives have vested (read - monetary) interests in the big media outlets. LOL - I'm kind of glad to hear this although I don't know that Stern's criticism will help oust Bush!

Right. Because parents certainly aren't the ones buying this stuff for their kids to shove down their throats... God forbid a parent should actually tell their child they can't have that box of Cap'n Crunch.

If these guys are saying the BBC is dumbing down, what the hell happened in America? A complete frontal lobotomy?

This kind of makes me ill. One group is clamoring that advertisers need to quit targeting children while another proposes ads in schoolbusses.

I thought this type of spying was the purvey of the Bureau of Homeland Defense...

By the way, check out Moveon's Action forum. They're asking for feedback on their direction for the upcoming election. (yes, i realize that was a rhyme...)