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Posted by Alric Knebel on 04/27/07 06:26
Don Del Grande wrote:
> SFTVratings wrote:
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>
>>EvWill wrote:
>>
>>>The report -- commissioned by members of Congress in 2004 and based on
>>>hundreds of comments from parents, industry officials, academic
>>>experts and others -- concludes that Congress has the authority to
>>>regulate "excessive violence" and to extend its reach for the first
>>>time into basic-cable TV channels that consumers pay to receive.
>>
>>Woah. Wait. Hold on.
>>
>>By WHAT authority does Congress regulate basic cable? That's NOT over-
>>the-air. It's NOT something you can see by accidentally turning on
>>your television (like over-the-air broadcast). Basic cable only
>>enters the home BY CONSENT of the home-owners. If they don't like
>>what they see, all they need to do is unplug the cable & it's gone.
>
>
> That's kind of like saying "if they don't like what they see on
> over-the-air, they can unplug the TV." I heard one woman say
> something along the lines of, "I shouldn't have to risk stumbling onto
> a sexual assault on fX just so my child can watch the Disney Channel."
>
> (Translation: force a la carte channel selection.
>
> Solution: require the ability to be put into TVs and cable boxes - you
> pay for all of the channels in a package, and disable the ones you
> don't want.)
>
> -- Don
That capability is already there. You can tune your cable box to lock
out certain channels, and with the V-CHIP, you can can block out
particular programs. I can't see how this is even an issue at this
point, with so much technology allowing for customized reception.
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