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Thursday, October 24, 2002

The Internet Is Not A Television

I don't want to hear one more mis-informed, self-serving, obsequious politico stand up and claim that all we need is movies over the Internet to spur broadband. They should all go focus on writing laws to stop the creation of fake child pornography pictures or something. Assistant Commerce Sec'y Mehlman should go to work for the MPAA and lose the cover.

Copyright Fights Slowing Broadband Growth. Internet News Oct 24 2002 10:39AM ET

[...] Speaking on a panel discussion entitled "Pirates and Posses: The Battle Over Digital Copyright," Mehlman said, "While users are adapting broadband very rapidly and in line with reasonable expectations for a new technology, the greater availability of movies, music and games from legitimate sources will be critical to more rapid and sustained consumer adoption." [...]

"Companies clamoring every day for government help to accelerate broadband adoption can make significant strides on their own and without government mandates by working with the content community to satisfy their concerns," he said. [...] [ Source: Moreover - IP and patents news]

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