FCC cannot mandate video descriptions

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The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ruled, in the case of Motion Picture Ass'n of America v. FCC, that the FCC had no power to require videorecording producers to include video descriptions in their products as a service to the blind. The Court ruled that the requirement was a violation of the 1st Amendment to the US Constitution.

Motion Picture and Video Industries, Motion Picture Production & Services, Prerecorded Video Tapes, United States. Federal Communications Commission, Powers and duties, Freedom of the press, Video recordings

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Secrecy makes status of detainees difficult to track

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The status of the cases of several men being held in connection with the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks of the subsequent Afghanistan conflict is reviewed. Among these cases are those of Jose Padilla, Zacarias Moussaoui, and Yaser Esam Hamdi.

Police Protection, Other General Government Support, Terrorist Control, Security Mgmt-Kidnapping & Terrorism, Information Dissemination-Natl Govt, Company legal issue, Cases, Criminal procedure, Security systems industry, Access control, Detention of persons, Detention, Terrorism, Government information

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