I left lab early yesterday and rushed over to Harvard Law School to attend the FCC hearing. Unfortunately, I arrived to find a hallway full of angry people and a police officer blocking the stairway. Apparently, Comcast offered its local employees a full day’s pay to take up seats in the courtroom. Totally sweet deal […]
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Comcast pays people to bogart my seat at FCC hearing.
February 26th, 2008 berkman, comcast, fcc, freeculture, freedom, internet, isp, law, netneutrality, network, policy, verizon | No Comments »Videodrome for real: Chicago’s TV pirate, 1987
December 8th, 2007 airwaves, broadcast, circuitbending, fcc, intervention, maxheadroom, pirate, ramones, todomundo, tv, videodrome | 4 Comments »On the 22nd of November 1987, someone interrupted the broadcast of two different channels in Chicago dressed as Max Headroom.
For a higher quality vid, check the Museum of Classic Chicago Television. Apparently, the bizarre broadcast still resonates with today’s audiences:
There is a little more information on the Wikipedia article but your best bet is to […]
