FCC Set-Top Efforts 'Regulatory Hubris,' IPI's Cleland Says
The FCC set-top plan amounts to “stripping content of its legally guaranteed protections” and is akin to money laundering, said Bartlett Cleland, research fellow with the Institute for Policy Innovation, in a blog post. “Content laundering rather than money laundering.”…
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FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler's pursuit of a set-top plan after the U.S. Copyright Office said much of what he proposed would violate copyright law (see 1608050053) shows “continuing arrogance” and “regulatory hubris,” Cleland said Thursday. "In the end, the FCC is looking for a way to require that content be made available to third party set top box makers who are not part of any contract for its use.”