FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel underscored the importance of free speech...
FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel underscored the importance of free speech and copyright protection, during a speech Wednesday evening at a Media Institute banquet (http://xrl.us/bnzt2z). Four guidelines should govern media policy for the future, she said: Consumer choice, competition, universal access…
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and adherence to the First Amendment. “For more than 200 years, the First Amendment has made us the world’s most fertile location for innovation and creation,” she said. “Likewise, we have a long legal history of protecting intellectual creations. Digital distribution presents new challenges, but piracy is old-fashioned theft.” The videogame industry needs a universal ratings system, Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello said at the banquet (http://xrl.us/bnzt2z). Riccitiello said the ESRB and its global counterparts are working on a proposal to move beyond the current ratings system and “consolidate around a single standard, that consumers will recommend and ultimately demand. ... We need to do a much better job of informing the consumer, no matter the channel, the platform or the geography,” he said. “We must adopt a self-regulated, global rating system across every format and every geography.”