Public Knowledge and the ALA and others have put together a very strong response [warning -- large pdf] in the broadcast flag case.  You want standing?  They have standing.  EFF members would like to slice and morph video and make it available on their blogs.  Distance teachers would like to have their distant students see distant visual material.  Parents need help with their MythTVs.  And if the broadcast flag goes into effect, they'll all be stopped in their tracks.

Given the DC Circuit's strong hints that they'll find standing if it's described in concrete detail, I'm hopeful we'll get a good decision from them.  In fact, this may be something of a rocky few months for the FCC's understanding of its own jurisdiction -- it's not clear that the Supreme Court is going to defer to the Commission's statements in the Brand X case, and the flag seems to be waving goodbye.

But that's the small story.  The big story is the fight for the future of the internet.  Will it matter what national legislators do?  Or will open networks, mesh wireless connections, and ubiquitous easy-to-use applications mean that we can ignore what they say?