Lawmakers Rebuff FCC On Piracy Rules

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[SOURCE: Technology Daily, AUTHOR: Sarah Lai Stirland]
Despite entertainment industry worries about content piracy via high-definition televisions and radio broadcasts, members of Congress over the past couple of weeks have declined to give the FCC the power to enact rules on those fronts. Going forward, lobbyists face a more difficult challenge in finding an appropriate legislative vehicle for language that would authorize the FCC specifically to mandate anti-piracy technologies in television sets and digital radio equipment.
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Lawmakers Rebuff FCC On Piracy Rules