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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Obsolete Privacy Law – Daily Caller Op-ed, Part I of Privacy Theft Series
January 23, 2013 Please don’t miss my latest Daily Caller Op-ed: “Obsolete Privacy Law”. It’s part 1 of a new “Privacy Theft” research series....
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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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Why FTC’s $22.5m Google Privacy-Fine is Faux Accountability
July 12, 2012 If one fact-checks and puts in perspective the FTC’s expected $22.5m privacy fine of Google — for bypassing millions of Apple Safari users’ privacy and security settings to add a tracking cookie to track users browsing activity — it looks like faux...
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Top Ten Untrue Google Stories
The FCC’s Google Street View wiretapping investigation proved that Google’s public representations it was just a mistake one rogue engineer — that the FTC and foreign law enforcement relied upon to close their investigations — were untrue. Going forward, law enforcement must remember the old...
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Google’s Poor & Defiant Settlement Record
Google’s poor and defiant track record in respecting government agreements and settlements is likely one of the reasons the FTC hired an undefeated former Federal prosecutor and litigator to lead their Google antitrust probe and potential litigation against Google. The EU and the FTC are...
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Consumer Groups’ Advocacy Hypocrisy
Consumer groups by definition are supposed to be protecting consumers’ interests — not be pushing a special interest political agenda under the guise of the “public interest.” Let’s spotlight a recent and blatant hypocrisy whereby consumer groups near-completely ignored an instance of obvious widespread consumer...
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Where’s the Market for Online Privacy?
Why are market forces so weak in protecting users’ online privacy? The main reason is that the online marketplace is economically structured around users being a commodity, data, to be aggregated and mined, not customers to be served and protected in a competitive marketplace. That’s...
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Seven Ways the World is Changing the Internet
Since most people focus on how the Internet is changing the world, few focus on the reverse — how much the world is changing the Internet. See My Forbes Tech Capitalist blog post to learn the “Seven Ways the World is Changing the Internet.” ...
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Emily Litella Meets Google Wallet
To see how the call for the FCC to investigate the allegation that Verizon is blocking Google Wallet is a misinformed Emily Litella rant, please see my Forbes Tech Capitalist Blog post....
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