[Rants]
Apologies to Dr. Seuss (humor)

I do not like BPDG.
I don't want them in my TV.
I do not need them for HD;
I want the right to do RE.
I cannot see that I agree
with Hollings (Sen., D. of S.C.).
I cannot feel that it is just
to force demod to be robust.

I did not like 1201(k).
I wish that it would go away!
I do not see how they can say
that further mandates are O.K.
They do not even know a way --
a way they'd put on Table A --
devised by the DTLA,
or Sony, Sharp, or RCA,
to let Joe Kraus e-mail today
to his wife (she is far away)
a TV clip his son is on.
See how Joe's fair-use rights are gone!

I did like the ATSC.
I liked Standard A/53!
But then they changed PSIP,
a change which passed just recently
(A/65, Amendment 3),
so that I cried: "Oh, woe is me!
I do not like the way that we
have to design around their needs
to see their new DTV feeds!"

I do not like a tech mandate.
A tech mandate I deprecate.
I do not say that it is great,
or that CE should have to wait
for News Corp. to approve new tech:
to that idea I just say "Blech!"

I do not think that the V.C.-
R. has in fact turned out to be
the death knell of the industry,
the way that Mr. Valenti
pledged to the House Subcommittee
on Courts and Justice and I.P.
that it should surely have to be
without a Home Recording Fee.
And though I'm glad about Sony
(the way they beat Univ. City
on writ of certiorari,
argued two times in '83
so we could tape NTSC),
I'm not quite sure if the 5C
are really looking out for me!

I do not like their DRM.
(My rights are mine. They're not for them.)

I do not like Robustness Rules:
I want to use off-the-shelf tools
to modify what I pay for
and teach it to do something more.

I want to publish software code
for code is speech, as Bernstein showed.
I want to speak, in C or rhyme:
8/VSB is not a crime.

(Would you oppose a tech mandate?
Would you say "Do not legislate"?)

I would oppose a tech mandate!
I would say "Do not legislate"!

(Would you oppose it in the House?
Would you stand up to Mickey Mouse?)

I would oppose it in the House!
I would stand up to Mickey Mouse!
And, I suspect, so would Joe Kraus,
and Gateway with its funny cows.

(Would you rise to defend fair use?
Would you fight copyright abuse?)

I would rise to defend fair use!
I would fight copyright abuse!
I would fight, before it's too late,
for my right to demodulate!
I would fight the BPDG
to keep TV receivers free
of mandates by the FCC!