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According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the MPAA is trying to ram broadcast flag legislation through Congress again, this time as an amendment to a budget reconciliation bill. Ever since the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that the Federal Communications Commission overstepped its authority in mandating that all consumer electronic devices capable of receiving digital television signals incorporate support for the flag, the media industry has been working on getting Congress to enact the flag. This latest attempt involves tacking on an amendment to a budget reconciliation bill. Reconciliation bills are an optional part of...

MILWAUKEE -— Racine motorcycle salesman Dave Bink says he will fight a lawsuit against him by the recording industry concerning music he says his daughter downloaded to his computer off the Internet. "I'm going to take it to court, even though I can't afford a lawyer,'' Bink,48, said. "I'll probably get chewed up and spit out. But I just don't think it's fair.'' The recording industry has been searching the Internet for people who used Kazaa and other Internet software to share and download copyrighted songs. It has sued 11,000 users for copyright infringement, including 104 in Wisconsin, including Bink...