“You crossed the line,” Judge Harry Edwards told a FCC lawyer during arguments before a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.

“Selling televisions is not what the FCC is in the business of.”

Tears almost came to our eyes. We have always been amused by people claiming that TVs, VCRs and other electronic devices should be able to tell us when we can or cannot watch a certain show. As loyal BBB readers know, any “broadcast flag” would be immediately bypassed by a 12 year-old in Finland and negate the argument put forward by the quivering TV execs.

TV is dead. Get over it.