SOCin' it to SOC

Hard to believe we have to put up with bullshit like this in the so-called land of the free, but after the Sudafed logs, nothing surprises me anymore.

Major Hollywood studios want the FCC to mandate a new technology called SOC - selectable output control.

SOC would shut off the video output jacks on the back of your set during the airings of certain movies on TV.

It would also make existing VCR's and DVD players obsolete. They would no longer work, forcing people to either replace them or do without.

American consumers keep the economy afloat by buying all this keen new electronic equipment, and Hollywood shows its thanks by trying to take it all away from us.

That's not to mention the fact that the SOC would also stifle new technology and the free flow of ideas.

But since corporations want this, their word is law, right?

(Source: http://www.publicknowledge.org/action/say-no-to-soc)