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Net Neutrality, Free Speech, and Tim Lee’s New Paper started by TLF
Tim Lee has been taking some heat here from Richard Bennett and Steve Schultze about various aspects of his new Net neutrality paper. I haven’t had much time this week to jump into these debates, but I did want to mention one important portion of Tim’s paper that is being o
5 Digital Technologies That Improved My Life in 2008 started by TLF
When people ask me why I do what I do for a living — and, more specifically, why I focus all my attention on digital media and technology policy — I often respond by showing them the new gadgets or software I am playing with at any given time. I just love digital te
Jones Day Lawyers Apparently Don’t Know the Law started by TLF
[The following post discusses a matter of public interest and people who have brought public attention upon themselves. It contains only expressions of opinion and recitations of facts that I believe in good faith to be true. It should be clear, and I urge you to be clear, that the only serv
Cutting the (Video) Cord, Part 2 started by TLF
In an essay I posted here back in October called “Cutting the (Video) Cord: The Shift to Online Video Continues,” I reflected on an interesting piece by the Wall Street Journal’s Nick Wingfield’s entitled “Turn On, Tune Out, Click Here.
Network Neutrality and Transaction Costs started by TLF
A few more people have weighed in on my new paper. I tend to think that if I’m angering both sides of a given debate, I must be doing something right, so I’m going to take the fact that fervent neutrality opponent Richard Bennett hated the study as a good sign.
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debating FCC’s Kevin Martin and U.S. Solicitor General Gregory Garre this weekend started by TLF
So, while the rest of you are still watching your Saturday morning cartoons this weekend, I’ll be working hard to defend the First Amendment at the Federal Society’s 2008 “National Lawyers Convention.” I am speaking on a panel there on Saturday mor
Can the French really ban pro-thin websites? started by TLF
There are a lot of disturbing things out there on the Internet. I don’t think I need to provide an inventory. Occasionally, some of the more despicable sites (think pro-suicide sites or bomb-making sites) capture the attention of public policymakers and bans are proposed. It was on
WashingtonWatch.com: 1,000,000 Visitors started by TLF
My legislative tracking project/site has welcomed 1,000,000 visitors so far this year, a nice threshold to cross.
Oh, and the Senate economic stimulus bill amounts to about $750 per U.S. family in spending.
Oh, and the Senate economic stimulus bill amounts to about $750 per U.S. family in spending.
Debate: Does Google Violate its “Don’t Be Evil” Motto? started by TLF
Tomorrow evening, I’ll be participating in an IQ2US debate arguing against the proposition that “Google violates its ‘don’t be evil’ motto.” The venue is Caspary Auditorium at The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue at
The Perils of Thinking of Broadband as a Public Utility started by TLF
Richard Bennett and Matt Sherman explain why it’s a bad idea. (And here are a few of my old rants on the issue.)
Bennett:
If we’ve learned anything at all about from the history of Internet-as-utility, it’s that this strained analogy only applies in cases wher
Bennett:
If we’ve learned anything at all about from the history of Internet-as-utility, it’s that this strained analogy only applies in cases wher
On ObamaCTO.org: Wish Lists are for Santa Claus started by TLF
The idea of an Obama Administration CTO has captured the hearts of many. I am generally skeptical of the idea, which is likely to be more symbolism than substance. But I’m really skeptical of the priorities being suggested for a government CTO on ObamaCTO.org.
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There Will Be No Bailout for Old Media started by TLF
I’m fond of quoting Diane Mermigas, editor-at-large at MediaPost, who is one of the finest media market watchers in the journalism business today. Her latest MediaPost column offers another sobering look at the radical changing sweeping through the media marketplace today. In that ar
Border Biometrics: “Zero Benefit”? started by TLF
ZDnet ran a story last week citing how security guru Bruce Schneier slams the US-VISIT program, which collects biometrics from people entering the country, saying that it has “zero benefit.”
I respect and like Bruce - he will be a participant in a major counterterrorism
I respect and like Bruce - he will be a participant in a major counterterrorism
Jerry Yang: Bad at Bussiness or Politics? started by TLF
Yahoo! has seen better days, but it’s still a profitable company with a market cap of $16 billion, something that many tech companies that began in the 1990s can’t say (mainly because they no longer exist). Even though Yahoo! continues to be a profitable c
Paperless Tickets - Not so Convenient started by TLF
Remember that old Saturday Night Live character, the Pathological Liar, played by Jon Lovitz? He’d deliver outrageous lies, like the recurring one that he was married to Morgan Fairchild. When he realized he’d thought of a particularly good lie, he’d exc
PFF Launches Center for Internet Freedom started by TLF
The Progress & Freedom Foundation has just launched the new Center for Internet Freedom.  CIF offers an alternative to the proliferation of advocacy groups calling for government intervention online by offering timely analyses and critiques of proposals that diminish the vital
Localism is the new Fairness Doctrine started by TLF
Just as pink was the new black and The Backstreet Boys were the new New Kids on the Block, the FCC is now turning “Localism” into the new Fairness Doctrine.
The Fairness Doctrine mandated that controversial issues of public importance be presented in a manner deemed by th
The Fairness Doctrine mandated that controversial issues of public importance be presented in a manner deemed by th
Book Review: Blown to Bits by Abelson, Ledeen, & Lewis started by TLF
I’ve just finished reading Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion, by Hal Abelson, Ken Ledeen, and Harry Lewis, and it’s another title worth adding to your tech policy reading list. The authors survey a broad swath of tech p
Flawed Online Dating Bill Moves in New Jersey started by TLF
NebuAd Lawsuit started by TLF
I don’t have an opinion about the specific legal issues involved, but I think the general approach of this lawsuit against NebuAd is the right one. Consumers have a reasonable expectation of privacy when they sign up for Internet service. As it happens, I was a Charter customer durin
Bogus Privacy Fears over Google Flu Trends started by TLF
Declan McCullagh, CNET News’ chief political correspondent, does a nice job debunking the privacy fears about Google Flu Trends that a couple of pro-regulatory privacy advocates have set forth. Flu Trends is a very cool application that uses search terms as an indicator of possible u
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