"/7/11
FCC Promotes Robust, Affordable
Broadband by Reducing Costs & Delays in Access to Infrastructure.
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Talks about the $7.2 billion allotted for the broadband stimulus and how the money is to be divided between different government agencies. Also mentions debate as to whether the money should go toward updating existing urban broadband connections or extending the range at which broadband is offered to rural areas.
Hollywood, needless to say, isn't a fan. The Motion Picture Association of America describes Megavideo and Megaupload as copyright scofflaws and said that they host illegal content "at their own peril."
Maybe, but these sites, registered in Hong Kong, seem to know how to avoid lawsuits. They are following at least the letter of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, removing infringing material at the copyright holder's request.