Comments on: disney’s continued fight to restrict speech through law as a tool against competition https://archives.lessig.org/?p=2594 2002-2015 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 23:43:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.2 By: Drukarnia Lublin https://archives.lessig.org/?p=2594#comment-4590 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 23:43:15 +0000 http://lessig.org/blog/2004/05/disneys_continued_fight_to_res.html#comment-4590 check beneath, are some totally unrelated sites to ours, nonetheless, they are most trustworthy sources that we use

]]> By: Jason https://archives.lessig.org/?p=2594#comment-4589 Sun, 30 May 2004 04:55:52 +0000 http://lessig.org/blog/2004/05/disneys_continued_fight_to_res.html#comment-4589 “At the FCC, Democratic Commissioner Michael Copps has said he would support regulating cable networks for indecency. In a potential Kerry administration, Copps might become FCC chairman and get the opportunity to realize his regulatory vision.”

Great…as if it already weren’t a difficult enough choice to make this November.

I find the argument that cable is a subscription service versus an over-the-air broadcast very persuasive. It seems like a slippery slope; if Congress chooses to lump subscription services with broadcasters, it could open the door for regulation of what, today, is called “premier” and “pay-per-view” channels.

The irony here is quite interesting too. Here’s Disney, very much derided by the Christian Coalition for its support of homosexuals, supporting indecency legislation that the CC would probably very much like to see passed. Next time I do brunch with my parents, I’ll have to tell them about this and see if their heads explode. 🙂

]]> By: OldMacFan https://archives.lessig.org/?p=2594#comment-4588 Wed, 26 May 2004 01:26:59 +0000 http://lessig.org/blog/2004/05/disneys_continued_fight_to_res.html#comment-4588 Well, this is very simply a case of Disney properties not doing as good as they want. So it is Disney’s belief that if they can ban these types of movies from 6-10 PM, those other channels will not have as much to air that Disney does not control and the more people will turn off these channels in favor of Disney controlled properties. This is truly Disney putting on the squeeze from all sides.

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