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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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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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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Netflix’ Net Neutrality Corporate Welfare Plan (Part 10 of a Series)
Apparently Netflix is angling to become Silicon Valley’s king of corporate welfare. We learn from a New York Times economics column advocating for an Internet industrial policy that “Netflix is trying to build a coalition of businesses to make the case for… net neutrality.” And...
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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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Debunking the Carping over Broadband Usage-Pricing
Activist carping about the commercial Internet being commercial is revving up again, this time with the carping focused on framing new broadband usage-pricing innovations by Time Warner Cable and AT&T, as somehow a violation of the “open web.” To cut to the quick and translate...
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