On Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that proposed to eliminate rules requiring certain broadcasters to keep paper copies of FCC rules. Copies of the rules are now available online and the Commission stated the paper copy requirements are outdated and unnecessarily burdensome. “While regulated entities still would be required to be familiar with the rules governing their services, elimination of the paper copy requirements would give them flexibility to determine how to fulfill that obligation.”
This rulemaking is part of the Modernization of Media Regulation Initiative that the FCC launched earlier this year to reduce unnecessary regulation that can stand in the way of competition and innovation in media markets.
