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This is going to happen more and more as media moves online.

Are the FTC going to try and prevent Youtube from hosting this kind of content? Or have we broken the stranglehold of government censorship?

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Do you mean the FCC, or are you making a trade argument?

Sorry, yes, FCC.

I would not think the FTC would try to do such a thing. Its more a reflection on how held back our radio and TV content really is.

I tend to agree.

The question, then, is whether TV companies will use this as an excuse to pressure the FTC into letting them use the same content.

The one isn't necessarily mutually exclusive with the other: media has been held back, but that won't necessarily stop the FTC (or some other part of the government) from getting involved in other media.

I hope you're right that the FTC won't, but I don't believe it.

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