http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/15/the-fcc-says-it-has-power-over-anything-that-can-receive-and/ Engadget Comments for The FCC says it has power over anything that can receive and play a digital file http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/15/the-fcc-says-it-has-power-over-anything-that-can-receive-and/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/15/the-fcc-says-it-has-power-over-anything-that-can-receive-and/
like for instance... content on broadcast mediums... everyone just thinks the FCC has the power to regulate content... no one ever questions it. guess what? they don't.

of course there isn't a television or radio conglomorate with a big enough pair to actually ever challenge it... so they go along with the fines etc.

TiVO and the like would be well advised to nip this in the bud NOW and not give the FCC even more bogus authority.

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Section 303 of the Communications Act gives the FCC extremely broad powers. The power to regulate content on broadcast mediums? 303(m)(1)(D) would seem to fit the bill.
http://www.fcc.gov/Reports/1934new.pdf (horrid PDF warning)
And then, of course, there are various court cases (League of Women Voters, Pacifica) which go along with the FCC's power to regulate content on broadcast mediums.

Plenty of TV and radio conglomerates have challenged the FCC's powers - and often lost. Turner Broadcasting in particular fought the FCC tooth and nail over cable must-carry regulations (and lost).

I'm not saying that I'm agreeing with the powers that the FCC has, quite the opposite, but they are what they are.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/15/the-fcc-says-it-has-power-over-anything-that-can-receive-and/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/15/the-fcc-says-it-has-power-over-anything-that-can-receive-and/Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/15/the-fcc-says-it-has-power-over-anything-that-can-receive-and/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/15/the-fcc-says-it-has-power-over-anything-that-can-receive-and/Dec 19th 2005 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/11/15/the-fcc-says-it-has-power-over-anything-that-can-receive-and/http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/15/the-fcc-says-it-has-power-over-anything-that-can-receive-and/Dec 19th 2005 12:06AM