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FCC Moves to Place Restrictions on Cable TV
The 1984 Cable Act, which largely deregulated nascent cable systems to allow them to compete against the entrenched broadcast television industry, created the so-called “70/70 provision,” stipulating that if cable television becomes available to 70 percent of U.S. households, and 70 percent of those who can subscribe to cable do, the industry can once again be regulated. More »
A Comm Law Halloween Special
Night of the Living Dead, made in 1968, fell into public domain because the producers failed to include proper copyright notice.
Supreme Court Justices Doubt Claims Against Anti-Child Pornography Law
The Supreme Court has struck down many of the statutes enacted to regulate online pornography and obscenity. We’ll see what they do with this one. More »