Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Its the usual thing. IN THE BEGINNING radio was largely unregulated. Government and commercial interests demanded some regulation so the amateurs would not interfere with their signals and/or transmit things they didn't want sent. National security and all that. Once the regulatory mechanism was in place it became the logical means to also enforce content issues. This doesn't precicely relate to what we can photograph, but we do have to be careful to guard our rights to freely share our photos and ideas. Mike D Marc James Small wrote: > At 05:25 PM 2/8/03 -0800, S Dimitrov wrote: > >>A euphemism for the V chip. A number of movie/media industry people had >>town hall meetings to address this chip. It seemed to them that this >>could be a first step before other kinds of software could placed in the >>TV, irrespective of the buyers wishes. >>One of the panels was convened at the Disney animation studios in >>Burbank. I can't remember the names of the panellists, but it was of a >>sufficiently high calibre that McCain himself showed up to speak. > > > Slobodan > > I don't really care if Santa Claus and his Twelve Reindeer showed up to speak. > > I'm a states' rights Libertarian and am still trying to figure out why > those assholes in Washington have ANYTHING to do with broadcast. <sigh> > In your eyes, and the eyes of many on the LUG, I suppose that just means > that I'm societally limited ... > > Marc > > msmall@infi.net FAX: +276/343-7315 > Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html