Consumer Watch | Bill steps all over right to fast-forward

[Shallah Kali]

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/10199768.htm

But you don't have to be familiar with the likes of Kazaa, Morpheus or Grokster to be concerned about a section of the bill initially proposed as the Family Movie Act and already passed by the House.

That proposal was supposed to protect your ability to bypass objectionable sections in movies you buy or rent. Whatever the technology used to deliver the movie, the bill says you should have the right to fast-forward if it turns too violent or sexually explicit for you or your kids.

But at the urging of the movie industry, the proposal was amended to exclude any protection for your right to bypass commercial content, according to Gigi Sohn, president of Public Knowledge, an advocacy group that focuses on intellectual-property and technology issues.

In other words, tough luck if you want to skip past ads or promotions at the beginning of a DVD. And eventually, it might even mean tough luck if you want to skip past commercials in TV shows you record on your own.

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1. Isn't it interesting

that the right wing is all pumped up about censorship, but no one, not even Fallbad or other fundavangelists are insisting that the country go back to closing down all businesses on Sunday. Seems to me that "keeping the Sabbath Day holy" is one of the Ten Commandments-but they tend to ignore that sort of thing when it doesn't fit into their agenda.

[Shallah Kali]

2. yes it is

it is like their attacks on simulated sex in movies but they don't make any move to rein in Nevada with it's legal prostitution. I wonder why....