Arnold Kling is mad as hell and he isn't going to take it anymore (Broadcast Flag This). He is calling for massive civil disobedience against the FCC with regard to the Broadcast Flag (An Open Letter to Jack Valenti). However, his idea of disobedience is not to hack the flag, but rather to hack the spectrum. Kling is calling for the public to use the assigned HDTV frequencies for Spread Spectrum Wireless in order to really revolutionize distribution:
By re-allocating spectrum from HDTV to wireless IP, we can kill two legacy birds with one stone. We can hasten the demise of the phone companies--because with a wireless "last mile" the wireless Internet can replace traditional land lines and cell phones; and we can show Jack Valenti, the movie industry, and the television industry what it really means to "score a big victory for consumers."
Nifty idea which I support, however, I'm just not sure how practical it is. Where will I get the hardware and software to do this?