DGA, Free Press Talk to Rosenworcel Office on Set-Tops
Free Press is "disappointed" that the FCC's set-top box plan wasn't approved at commissioners' September meeting, Policy Director Matt Wood said in a call with an aide to Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel Nov. 9, according to an ex parte filing. Free…
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Press would like details of what the current draft proposal contains and how it addresses concerns about the plan's previous iteration. The FCC-proposed set-top plan would threaten the livelihood of members of the Directors Guild of America, DGA representatives told an aide to Rosenworcel in another meeting Thursday, according to an ex parte filing in docket 16-42. The DGA also sent Rosenworcel a letter praising her for expressing concern about the effects of the set-top plan on content creators. The FCC plan doesn't protect DGA members' creative works, the guild said.