Comments on: V-Chip 2.0 Bill & Consequences For Online Video http://gigaom.com/2007/08/03/v-chip-20-bill-consequences-for-online-video/ Tracking the Internet Evolution Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:01:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Jeffrey http://gigaom.com/2007/08/03/v-chip-20-bill-consequences-for-online-video/#comment-421071 Jeffrey Mon, 06 Aug 2007 01:16:50 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/03/v-chip-20-bill-consequences-for-online-video/#comment-421071 <p>It is absolutely <em>not</em> "our moral duty" to protect children from objectionable content. It's <em>my</em> duty as a parent to protect my own children. Government (or anybody else, for that matter) has absolutely no role to play here.</p> It is absolutely not “our moral duty” to protect children from objectionable content. It’s my duty as a parent to protect my own children. Government (or anybody else, for that matter) has absolutely no role to play here.

]]> By: David Mackey http://gigaom.com/2007/08/03/v-chip-20-bill-consequences-for-online-video/#comment-417703 David Mackey Sun, 05 Aug 2007 01:16:40 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/03/v-chip-20-bill-consequences-for-online-video/#comment-417703 <p>Yeah, it is a bit disconcerting...Though the readiness with which inappropriate content is available to children is also disconcerting.</p> Yeah, it is a bit disconcerting…Though the readiness with which inappropriate content is available to children is also disconcerting.

]]> By: Elad Kehat http://gigaom.com/2007/08/03/v-chip-20-bill-consequences-for-online-video/#comment-414903 Elad Kehat Sat, 04 Aug 2007 05:24:53 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/03/v-chip-20-bill-consequences-for-online-video/#comment-414903 <p>Protecting children from nefarious stuff may be part of our moral duty, but so is protecting everyone's freedom of speech. In an age of virtually infinite channels, I think that it's impossible to control content the way it was done with broadcast. That doesn't mean that children can't be protected, it just means that it's the parents' (gasp!) job to do it, not the government's!</p> Protecting children from nefarious stuff may be part of our moral duty, but so is protecting everyone’s freedom of speech.
In an age of virtually infinite channels, I think that it’s impossible to control content the way it was done with broadcast.
That doesn’t mean that children can’t be protected, it just means that it’s the parents’ (gasp!) job to do it, not the government’s!

]]> By: Eideard http://gigaom.com/2007/08/03/v-chip-20-bill-consequences-for-online-video/#comment-414528 Eideard Sat, 04 Aug 2007 02:23:14 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/03/v-chip-20-bill-consequences-for-online-video/#comment-414528 <p>"We're doing it to save the children" is about as meaningful as the "war on drugs" or the "war on terror". Not a whit.</p> “We’re doing it to save the children” is about as meaningful as the “war on drugs” or the “war on terror”. Not a whit.

]]> By: The New V-Chip Bill Has Web In Its Crosshairs http://gigaom.com/2007/08/03/v-chip-20-bill-consequences-for-online-video/#comment-412953 The New V-Chip Bill Has Web In Its Crosshairs Fri, 03 Aug 2007 17:59:44 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/03/v-chip-20-bill-consequences-for-online-video/#comment-412953 <p>[...] television rating system is no doubt ridiculous, I am thus led to consider the V-Chip ridiculous) have decided to take things to the next level. They’ve lobbied the Senate Commerce Committee enough to see that a bill called the Child [...]</p> [...] television rating system is no doubt ridiculous, I am thus led to consider the V-Chip ridiculous) have decided to take things to the next level. They’ve lobbied the Senate Commerce Committee enough to see that a bill called the Child [...]

]]> By: Pilgrim http://gigaom.com/2007/08/03/v-chip-20-bill-consequences-for-online-video/#comment-412892 Pilgrim Fri, 03 Aug 2007 17:34:22 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/03/v-chip-20-bill-consequences-for-online-video/#comment-412892 <p>Just a quick little correction. Mark Pryor is the senator in ARkansas not AriZona. Common mistake that only bothers us Arkansans, not that I'm proud of Mark Pryor, but at least he's better than Huckabee.</p> Just a quick little correction. Mark Pryor is the senator in ARkansas not AriZona. Common mistake that only bothers us Arkansans, not that I’m proud of Mark Pryor, but at least he’s better than Huckabee.

]]> By: Eric Willis http://gigaom.com/2007/08/03/v-chip-20-bill-consequences-for-online-video/#comment-412833 Eric Willis Fri, 03 Aug 2007 17:10:56 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/03/v-chip-20-bill-consequences-for-online-video/#comment-412833 <p>^^^</p> <p>I agree. If you want quality over quantity, this blog is one of the few that delivers.</p> ^^^

I agree. If you want quality over quantity, this blog is one of the few that delivers.

]]> By: G http://gigaom.com/2007/08/03/v-chip-20-bill-consequences-for-online-video/#comment-412138 G Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:32:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/03/v-chip-20-bill-consequences-for-online-video/#comment-412138 <p>OM - a general comment. A compliment to you - your editorials of late are refreshing - your new initivates are defintely informative. You are beginning to separate the GigaOM network from the rest of the pack in blogosphere - and you might be leaving the others in the early lead pack sucking dust pretty soon. I won't mention names, but the bunch in the early pack of must read blogs are all imploding. Good Luck - keep it going!</p> OM - a general comment. A compliment to you - your editorials of late are refreshing - your new initivates are defintely informative. You are beginning to separate the GigaOM network from the rest of the pack in blogosphere - and you might be leaving the others in the early lead pack sucking dust pretty soon. I won’t mention names, but the bunch in the early pack of must read blogs are all imploding. Good Luck - keep it going!

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