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April 19, 2007
If at First You Don’t Succeed, Regulate
As politicians play to their constituencies, the regulators are apparently feeling left out, and so the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has initiated an inquiry to determine whether so-called net neutrality safeguards are needed.
April 12, 2007
What’s Fair?
In the current copyright debates, critics are constantly complaining that intellectual property protections, in particular the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA), stand in the way of “fair use.
April 5, 2007
The “Spy Act” That Loved Me?
By now we’re all aware of the dangers of being connected to the Internet through viruses, worms, and spyware.
March 29, 2007
Regulators to the Rescue (Yes, It Can Happen!)
The Federal Communications Commission has recognized a new era of cable TV with its adoption of new franchising rules, and so will consumers as those rules are implemented.
March 22, 2007
New Distribution is Cool, but Content is Still King
The blogs are awash in outrage over the Copyright Royalty Board's (CRB) decision about the royalty rates that Internet radio broadcasters must pay for the use of songs protected by copyright.
March 15, 2007
Inflated Comments
The wave of state video franchise reform legislation, beginning in Texas and improved in Indiana, continues this year in many states, and the benefits are already apparent.
March 8, 2007
Why Is Polio Spreading in Pakistan?
The World Health Organization has released new figures that show that polio cases are rising in Pakistan.
March 1, 2007
Don’t Delay Spectrum Allocation to Public Safety
Over the years there have been many attempts to ensure communications interoperability for state and local emergency first responders such as police, fire, and ambulance services.
February 22, 2007
The Public Domain Has Nothing to Fear from IP
It is commonly asserted by the CopyLeft crowd that intellectual property protections have recently been expanded to such a degree that the public domain is under threat.
February 15, 2007
Who Should Determine What's on TV?
A few weeks ago, Free Press, a politically-liberal "media reform" group, held its National Conference for Media Reform.
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