 |  | | | Top Stories - July 13, 2016 | Copyright Office Concerned About FCC Set-top Proposal
| | As expected, the FCC's set-top proposal got a lot of attention at the House Communications Subcommittee FCC oversight hearing Tuesday, including an airing of concerns the U.S. Copyright Office has with content protections and FCC chairman Tom Wheeler's commitment to resolving them. more | WHY THIS MATTERS: Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) succeeded in getting a bipartisan majority of FCC commissioners to agree that the original proposal was "flawed," while Wheeler said the cable industry's "ditch the box" alternative was encouraging, but more of a press release than a proposal.
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| | Sen. Franken Takes Aim at 'Pokmon Go' | | Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) has fired off a letter to "Pokmon Go" game developer Niantic raising alarm bells over the smartphone app's collection, use and sharing of user data in what the lawmaker calls potentially concerning ways. more | | WHY THIS MATTERS: Since the augmented reality app launched on July 6, it has been downloaded more than 7 million times and has players wandering highways, byways, parks and strip malls in search of Pokmon characters -- giving Niantic access to troves of personal profile and location data in the process. |
| | Lifeline Funding Gets Hill Workout | | Lifeline communications subsidies to low-income residents drew some heat at the House Communications Subcommittee FCC oversight hearing Tuesday. more | | WHY THIS MATTERS: Democrats and Republicans continued to spar over estimates of the amount of fraud and waste in the subsidy program amid the FCC's move to extend it to broadband and mobile phone service. |
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