Originally posted by Blackjax:

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This is starting to sound like an all out assult by the media companies on everything on the internet. I say add some commentary to your vid's or comment on them as an online independent critic, ta da you just stepped around their claims of infringement by free speach means. Nah that wouldn't work there is no such thing as fair use or free speech anymore is there?!

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Originally posted by emugamer:

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OMG...is there an end in sight? Or are we going to have digital transmitters/receivers attached to our eyeballs with bar codes that have our credit card number digitally signed into it? And whenever we happen to glance at a movie playing that's not registered with our eyeballs, our credit card gets automatically charged. This would make a great sci-fi movie.

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Originally posted by fcc link:

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The FCC has adopted rules requiring all television sets with picture screens 33 centimeters (13 inches) or larger to be equipped with features to block the display of television programming based upon its rating. This technology is known as the "V-Chip." The V-Chip reads information encoded in the rated program and blocks programs from the set based upon the rating selected by the parent. [News Release on TV Set Requirements and Ratings]

Pursuant to the Commission?s rules, half of all new television models 13 inches or larger manufactured after July 1, 1999, and all sets 13 inches or larger manufactured after January 1, 2000 must have V-Chip technology. Set top boxes that allow consumers to use V-Chip technology on their existing sets are now available.

In Section 551 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 Congress gave the broadcasting industry the first opportunity to establish voluntary ratings. The industry established a system for rating programming that contains sexual, violent or other material parents may deem inappropriate and committed to voluntarily broadcast signals containing these ratings. [History of FCC V-Chip proceedings]

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