Lossy Media
Oh boy is this a step in the wrong direction: “New and Improved” Draft Broadcast Flag Bill. I often have to pay to listen to music or watch a video. If I want to watch it again, I have to pay to store and catalog it. I’m an American Citizen, the Constitution says my Congress can artificially restrict what I can and cannot do with music and video that other people create[1]. I don’t want to have to select, purchase, store and catalog every single piece of media that I might ever potentially want to again hear or watch. I want to google for that cool song I heard on the radio and hear it again, or the replay the podcast I downloaded last week for my friends. My Congress is letting Big Media limit my ability to lose everything.
[1] U.S Constitution - Article 1; Section 8: “The Congress shall have Power To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;”