03/10/2004: 
Stuff That Doesn't Suck
EFF is suing the FCC over the Broadcast Flag!
by Corry Doctrow at Boing Boing
W00H00! EFF is suing the friggin' FCC for sucking up to the Hollywood studios and enacting the loathesome Broadcast Flag without a shred of evidence that it was necessary and without a shred of evidence that it could stop "piracy" -- unless, by "piracy," you mean "inventing VCR-like technologies without the permission of scaredy-cat studio execs." So we're suing them! I love my job.
"The FCC's digital broadcast television mandate is a step in the wrong direction because it would make digital television cost more and do less, undermining innovation, fair use, and competition" said EFF Senior Intellectual Property Attorney Fred von Lohmann, "The FCC overstepped its bounds, unduly restricting consumers and manufacturers when it issued its broadcast flag ruling..."For more information, take a look at the EFF article.
"The lawsuit, called ALA v. FCC, was filed in the Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., and charges that the FCC exceeded its jurisdiction, acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner, and failed to point to substantial evidence in adopting a broadcast flag mandate."
