IP: in case you missed the chutzpah award of the month

[David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

From: "Richard J. Solomon" <rjs () rpcp mit edu>


> Title:  Billy's Re-do Agenda
> Source: Broadcasting&Cable <http://www.broadcastingcable.com/>(p24)
> Author: Heather Fleming
> Issue:  Television
> Description: House Telecommunications Subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin
> (R-LA) believes that there is an "insidious" plot by the FCC and Vice
> President Gore to lull the broadcast industry into thinking they are getting
> "free" spectrum for the transition to digital TV when they will really have
> to pay with free time for "government-mandated programs." Tauzin plans to
> introduce legislation that would free commercial broadcasters of public
> interest obligations in return for payments to fund public TV.