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High tech issues are at center stage in the 107th Congress. Broadband deployment, intellectual property, internet regulation and taxation, the “digital divide,” long distance telephony–all present problems that are politically contentious as well as technically and economically complex.
The Competitive Enterprise Institute is a non-profit public policy organization dedicated to principles of free enterprise and limited government. It holds that free people and free markets can accomplish prodigies, and that government interventions must be both limited and carefully crafted. Government can indeed provide grease to lubricate the joints of the economy, but too much existing and proposed regulation is produced by special interests, conceived in ignorance, or both. These regulations become not grease but superglue that cements the status quo, deters investment, and prevents innovation.
In Tech Briefing 2001: A Free Market Guide to Navigating Tech Issues in the 107th Congress, CEI’s experts apply this perspective to 20 topics that are high on the current national agenda. Each chapter briefly describes the technology behind the issue, outlines the policy debate, and offers CEI’s view of the policy. Endnotes provide sources for factual statements and guideposts for further research.
Table of Contents
Introduction [2]
by Fred L. Smith, Jr.
Reform of the Federal Communications Commission [3]
by Solveig Singleton
Direct Research and Development Grants [4]
by Solveig Singleton
Market-Driven Spectrum Reform [5]
by Solveig Singleton
Universal Service for Telecommunications [6]
by Solveig Singleton
Bell Entry into Long-Distance Service [7]
by James Gattuso
Telecommunications and Media Mergers [8]
by James Gattuso
by Jessica P. Melugin
Patents on Business Methods [10]
by James V. DeLong
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act [11]
by James V. DeLong
The Napster Debate [12]
by James V. DeLong
High-Speed Internet Access Policy [13]
by James V. DeLong & James Gattuso
Internet Privacy [14]
by Jessica P. Melugin
COPA and Internet Content Regulation [15]
by Dan Alban
COPPA and On-line Privacy for Children [16]
by Dan Alban
Internet Taxation [17]
by Jessica P. Melugi
B2B Exchanges and Antitrust Regulations [18]
by James V. DeLong
E-commerce and State Protectionism [19]
by Michael Mallinger
Internet Gambling [20]
by Thomas Pearson
The Digital Divide [21]
by James V. DeLong
Internet Access for the Disabled [22]
by Jessica P. Melugin
Links:
[1] http://cei.org/adjunct-scholar/james-v-delong
[2] http://cei.org/PDFs/Tech_Briefing_Book_Introduction.PDF
[3] http://cei.org/PDFs/Reform_of_the_FCC.PDF
[4] http://cei.org/PDFs/Direct_Research_&_Development_Grants.PDF
[5] http://cei.org/PDFs/Market-Driven_Spectrum_Reform.PDF
[6] http://cei.org/PDFs/Universal_Service_for_Telecommunications.PDF
[7] http://cei.org/PDFs/Bell_Entry_into_Long-Distance_Service.PDF
[8] http://cei.org/PDFs/Telecommunications_and_Media_Mergers.PDF
[9] http://cei.org/PDFs/High-Tech_Immigration.PDF
[10] http://cei.org/PDFs/Patents_on_Business_methods.PDF
[11] http://cei.org/PDFs/The_Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act.PDF
[12] http://cei.org/PDFs/The_Napster_Debate.PDF
[13] http://cei.org/PDFs/High_Speed_Internet_Access.PDF
[14] http://cei.org/PDFs/Internet_Privacy.PDF
[15] http://cei.org/PDFs/COPA_and_Internet_Content_Regulation.PDF
[16] http://cei.org/PDFs/COPPA_and_On-line_Privacy_for_Children.PDF
[17] http://cei.org/PDFs/Internet_Taxation.PDF
[18] http://cei.org/PDFs/B2B_Exchanges_and_Antitrust_Regulations.PDF
[19] http://cei.org/PDFs/Ecommerce_and_State_Protectionism.PDF
[20] http://cei.org/PDFs/Internet_Gambling.PDF
[21] http://cei.org/PDFs/The_Digital_Divide.PDF
[22] http://cei.org/PDFs/Internet_Access_for_the_Disabled.PDF
[23] http://cei.org/sites/default/files/TechBrief.jpg