Articles & Op-eds

The New War on MP3s: EMI's Push to Ban Remote Music Storage

Ryan Radia — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Keep Science Free

Alex Nowrasteh — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 23:00:00 -0800

Europeans Use Antitrust to Thwart Competition

Alex Nowrasteh — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700

The European Union's highly politicized business environment increasingly threatens competitiveness and consumer welfare across the continent.

The Court of First Instance upheld a $689 million antitrust fine imposed against Microsoft by the European Commission. It's the largest fine ever.

The commission has long derided Microsoft's business practices like bundling Media Player with Windows, despite the runaway success of rival downloadable multimedia software, and the periodic need to download updates of Media Player itself.

War Over The War

Iain Murray — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Campus Web Cops?

Cord Blomquist — Mon, 7 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Up In the Sky: A Bird, a Plane. No, It’s the FCC!

Clyde Wayne Crews — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Regulators also should refrain from using the merger review process to extract a parade of concessions from these struggling companies. But meanwhile, antitrust policy should allow aggressive competitive responses to the combination. Wall Street, investors, programmers, consumers, already-poised rivals, and new entrants collectively will discipline more thoroughly than could the FCC. That’s as it should be.

The FCC's challenge: Separating speech and state

Achim Schmillen — Mon, 8 Jan 2007 23:00:00 -0800

The Democrats' Favorite Target

Doug Bandow — Sun, 7 Jan 2007 23:00:00 -0800

Only You

Jeremy Lott — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 23:00:00 -0800

Time for a virtual games Declaration of Independence

Clyde Wayne Crews — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 23:00:00 -0800