Comments on: Whither the V-Chip? http://www.brendonwilson.com/blog/2004/11/11/whither-the-v-chip/ The personal web site of Brendon J. Wilson, a software developer, technologist, and entrepreneur living in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:11:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Micki Krimmel http://www.brendonwilson.com/blog/2004/11/11/whither-the-v-chip/comment-page-1/#comment-281 Micki Krimmel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.brendonwilson.com/blog/?p=203#comment-281 mmmm schlongs. i mean cake... brendon, i'm impressed with your research and inspired by your outrage. while i wouldn't waste my televison freedom watching the graham norton effect, i'm sure that televison, radio, and internet content will break all regulation barriers. as you said, it will find a way. and we can all sit happily watching porn. mmmm schlongs. i mean cake… brendon, i’m impressed with your research and inspired by your outrage. while i wouldn’t waste my televison freedom watching the graham norton effect, i’m sure that televison, radio, and internet content will break all regulation barriers. as you said, it will find a way. and we can all sit happily watching porn.

]]> By: Brendon J. Wilson http://www.brendonwilson.com/blog/2004/11/11/whither-the-v-chip/comment-page-1/#comment-282 Brendon J. Wilson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.brendonwilson.com/blog/?p=203#comment-282 Maybe that's the real agenda of the FCC. They, like Dennis Miller, realize that if content were totally unregulated, it would end up that everything would be pornography. They <em>have</em> to make up these weird, non-sensical rules to keep everyone distracted and the GDP's growth non-negative. "FOX transformed into a hardcore porn channel so gradually I didn't even notice!" - Marge Simpson Maybe that’s the real agenda of the FCC. They, like Dennis Miller, realize that if content were totally unregulated, it would end up that everything would be pornography. They have to make up these weird, non-sensical rules to keep everyone distracted and the GDP’s growth non-negative.

“FOX transformed into a hardcore porn channel so gradually I didn’t even notice!” – Marge Simpson

]]> By: Andrew Tinka http://www.brendonwilson.com/blog/2004/11/11/whither-the-v-chip/comment-page-1/#comment-283 Andrew Tinka Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.brendonwilson.com/blog/?p=203#comment-283 I'm just babbling here, but is there a difference in the way the FCC enforces stuff on the transmitted channels vs. the cable channels? So ABC and its affiliates, who broadcast over the airwaves in certain jurisdictions, are held to a more stringent standard than Comedy Central, which exists only on cable? I think it has something to do with the airwaves being public property licensed to private companies, whereas cable is more or less a privately owned network of copper. Look at HBO, suckas get their asses shot off all the time there. I’m just babbling here, but is there a difference in the way the FCC enforces stuff on the transmitted channels vs. the cable channels? So ABC and its affiliates, who broadcast over the airwaves in certain jurisdictions, are held to a more stringent standard than Comedy Central, which exists only on cable?

I think it has something to do with the airwaves being public property licensed to private companies, whereas cable is more or less a privately owned network of copper.

Look at HBO, suckas get their asses shot off all the time there.

]]> By: Andrew Tinka http://www.brendonwilson.com/blog/2004/11/11/whither-the-v-chip/comment-page-1/#comment-284 Andrew Tinka Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.brendonwilson.com/blog/?p=203#comment-284 It's probably also worth pointing out that setting content restrictions for TV channels is only one of the FCC's many important functions. Keeping the airwaves more or less orderly and making sure everybody plays by the same rules are crucial to ensuring that any kind of low-EM-transmission based technology (radios, cell phones, tv, 802.11) can function. Critics are right to point out that many of the FCC's rulings favour well-lobbied corporate interests over the little guy... for instance, in a perfect world a portion of the FM band would be set aside for micropower unlicensed transmissions, to let "pirate" stations have room to play. But without the FCC there wouldn't be any FM band at all. It’s probably also worth pointing out that setting content restrictions for TV channels is only one of the FCC’s many important functions. Keeping the airwaves more or less orderly and making sure everybody plays by the same rules are crucial to ensuring that any kind of low-EM-transmission based technology (radios, cell phones, tv, 802.11) can function.

Critics are right to point out that many of the FCC’s rulings favour well-lobbied corporate interests over the little guy… for instance, in a perfect world a portion of the FM band would be set aside for micropower unlicensed transmissions, to let “pirate” stations have room to play. But without the FCC there wouldn’t be any FM band at all.

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