Although the broadcast rights expansion appears to be dead, there has been some recent concern that it may be revived Consumer Project on Technology

Posted in memory of my former high-school Latin teacher, from whom I learned more about politics and history than in my American History classes...

From

Channel 9 Denver

via Drudge:

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AURORA - A 16-year-old boy at Overland High School doesn't want to hear what he calls his teacher's left-wing political rants.

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This stuff needs some publicity (originally from http://www.hyperorg.com/...

From the above link:
"The US delegation to WIPO is pushing for a "webcasting" extension that would require you to get permission before you could reproduce content that has been "webcast," even if that content is in the public domain. "Webcast" means that some combination of "images or sounds" have been made "accessible to the public...at substantially the same time." If you find that disturbingly vague, join the club. Then pick up the club and let's see if we can beat this thing into the ground."