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Spectrum Policy Archive

May 25, 2004

Broadcast Flagging Digital Radio?

Taking a page from Hollywood's playbook, the RIAA is pushing the FCC to mandate a broadcast flag for digital radio.
.:link:. | Posted by Ren Bucholz at 01:16 AM

April 10, 2004

Broadcast Flag for Digital Radio?

The technology is very young, but according to Public Knowledge and Digital Consumer, the FCC may already be preparing to slap a broadcast flag on it.
.:link:. | Posted by Ren Bucholz at 01:22 PM

April 05, 2004

B-Flag Burns Open Software Radio Projects

Software-defined radio makes it possible for one device to use many bands of spectrum, reducing the need to partition and sell swaths of the public airwaves to corporate squatters. Too bad the FCC's broadcast flag would make open source projects like this illegal.
.:link:. | Posted by Ren Bucholz at 05:46 AM

March 26, 2004

Smart Radio, Dumb Regulations

The Chicago Tribune looks at the coming fight over spectrum policy.
.:link:. | Posted by Ren Bucholz at 10:22 AM