April 26, 2013 Ever wonder why there are so many never ending tech policy and political battles? Why there are so many recurring: Content battles over copyright and anti-piracy enforcement? Software battles over open source versus proprietary software and the legitimacy of software patents? Broadband...
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Copyright
Cellphone Unlocking Effort a Trojan Horse – Copyright Enforcement
March 11, 2013 I have repeatedly warned that the so-called copyright “reform” movement is deceptive because it masks its true purposes. It knows that the real change it seeks — to neuter anti-piracy enforcement – is an out-of-the-mainstream idea and a political loser. So the...
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Cellphone Unlocking Legal, But Cellphone Lockpicking Illegal – Keeping Copyright Neuterers Honest
March 5, 2013 Rhetoric aside, the Administration drew an under-appreciated and principled line in defending property rights in its deft partial support of the Free Culture petition to the White House to “make unlocking cellphones legal.” For those paying attention to the whole Administration statement,...
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Mr. Khanna’s Copyright Misrepresentation Over Cellphone Unlocking
February 25, 2013 Free culture activist, Derek Khanna, has thrust himself into the limelight again with yet more misrepresentations of copyright law. His latest copyright-neutering effort is a “call to arms” to “the digital generation” to oppose a Librarian of Congress 1998 DMCA copyright ruling,...
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Implications of Google’s Broadband Plans for Competition and Regulation – Part 3 of Modernization Consensus Series
January 28, 2013 Google’s latest broadband pilot, experimenting with micro-cell (mesh) wireless broadband in its Mountain View headquarters, comes on top of Google Fiber’s high-profile, commercial broadband pilot in Kansas City, that Google’s CFO recently told investors was not a “hobby” but a real business...
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Why Conservatives Should Be Skeptical of Copyright Reform – Part 4 Defending First Principles Series
December 5, 2012 There are many strong reasons for conservatives to be skeptical of proposed copyright reform and new entreaties for conservatives to actually lead a copyright reform effort. Jerry Brito of the Mercatus Center argues the opposite in his introduction to the new book:...
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The Copyright Education of Mr. Khanna – Part 2 Defending First Principles Series
November 20, 2012 Mr. Derek Khanna, a new Republican Study Committee (RSC) staffer, distributed a policy brief on copyright “myths” last Friday that the Committee very quickly disavowed and pulled down because it had not been vetted to ensure that it fairly represented the Republican...
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The Real Motive Behind Opposition to Broadband Usage Pricing – Part 13 Broadband Internet Pricing Freedom Series
November 15, 2012 Now we know the real reason why there has been such strong opposition by FreePress and other net neutrality proponents to the common sense economic notion of broadband usage pricing. The newly launched Open Wireless Movement now wants to turn everyone’s home...
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Internet Astroturf 3.0
October 1, 2012 Pro-piracy interests have been organizing globally to head off and defeat future anti-piracy legislation (like SOPA/PIPA), IP treaties (ACTA) and property rights enforcement, all while claiming to represent “the Internet” and all its users, when they do not. They collectively represent pro-piracy...
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The New Internet Association’s Back Story
Google, Amazon, eBay, and Facebook reportedly are launching a new Internet Association in mid-September to be “the unified voice of the Internet economy, representing the interests of America’s leading Internet companies and their global community of users. The Internet Association is dedicated to advancing public...
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