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by WaterSponge 4503 days ago
Not going to happen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Cable_%26_Telecommunic...

Just wait till Aereo gets screwed in their Supreme Court case. Then we really will be.

In fact no matter which way they rule in Aereo's case we are screwed. If they rule in favor of Aereo the content companies (Comcast owns NBC) will just start taking content "cable only".

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I think the grandparent is saying we need a new law to replace the current one.

The courts having upheld a decision on what the current law says doesn't really preclude the passing of a new law - the only time court decisions trump legislation is when the Constitution comes into play.

Unless I'm misreading this decision it merely upholds the FCC's right to classify ISPs as "information services" instead of "telecommunication services" because the Telecommunications Act is a bit fuzzy and leaves a lot up to the FCC. The FCC could decide to reclassify them as telecommunications services due to industry changes and I believe that this case would serve as precedent for them to legally do so.
Fantastic. Just imagine what we could with all the prime spectrum they'd be releasing.
Surely that would trigger a Sherman prosecution.