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Video: The Open Internet and Lessons from the Ma Bell Era
Earlier this week, The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart summed up the debate over net neutrality by stating, “On one side [are] those who want…
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Privacy Isn’t Dead, It’s Evolving
Recent revelations about Microsoft’s internal debate over Internet Explorer’s handling of tracking cookies, as chronicled by The Wall Street Journal earlier this month, have…
Game Pro
Is Net Neutrality Good for Gaming?
VOA News
UAE BlackBerry Ban is Latest Clash Over Information Control
News Release
House Privacy Bill Endangers Privacy Competition, E-Commerce
Contacts: Ryan Radia, 202-331-2281 Richard Morrison, 202-331-2273 House Privacy Bill Endangers Privacy Competition, E-Commerce Government…
Seattle Times
U.S. Tech Firms’ China Presence Furthers Internet Freedom
On July 9, China renewed Google's license to operate in that country, leading critics to condemn the firm for acceding to China's oppressive policies. But…
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CEI Comments to the FCC in the matter of Framework For Broadband Internet Service
Full Document Available in PDF Reclassifying the transmission component of…
Ecomerce Times
Opposition Pipes Up as Comcast/NBC Deal Goes Back to the Exam Table
Cable Fax
FCC Releases Title II Broadband NOI for Comment
News Release
FCC’s Destructive Inquiry Demands Congressional Action
Reactions by Competitive Enterprise Institute telecom policy analysts Ryan Radia and Wayne Crews on the Federal Communications Commission's Notice of Inquiry on broadband regulatory classification.
Cablefax
FCC Releases Title II Broadband NOI for Comment
Cablefax discusses Ryan Radia and Wayne Crews's comments on the FCC Title II Broadband NOI. Reaction to this vote was immediate. Competitive Enterprise Institute…
Orange County Register
Short-Circuiting the Internet
Townhall
Schumer’s Hypocritical Assault on Facebook
Hypocrisy in politics is nothing new. But Senator Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) set a new standard for it last week when he and three of his…
CBS News
The FCC’s “Third Way,” Will it Work?
News Release
FCC Broadband Reclassification: An Agency Out of Control
Reactions by Competitive Enterprise Institute telecom policy analysts Wayne Crews and Ryan Radia on Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski’s statement on broadband policy. Washington,…
Forbes
FTC Should Green-Light Google-AdMob Deal
Google competes in many markets, but its most pressing threat comes not from a rival but from antitrust authorities. The Federal Trade Commission is reportedly…
MSNBC
The Constitutional Issues of Cloud Computing
Real Clear Politics
Big Brother on Your Tail
Op-Eds
Digital Due Process: Protecting Americans’ Privacy by Restoring Constitutional Limits to Government in ECPA
CEI Joins Coalition to Urge Federal Privacy Reforms…
CNET
Tech Coalition Pushes Rewrite of Online Privacy Law
PC World
Reaction to FCC’s Broadband Plan: Generally Positive
Washington Examiner
FCC summit pushes broadband for all, spending unused stimulus
The Washington Examiner discusses the FCC's Digital Inclusion Summit with Wayne Crews and Ryan Radia. The Competitive Enterprise Institute's Wayne Crews and Ryan…
Tech News World
Microsoft vs. the Zombie Hordes
Ecomerce Times
Europe Sets Antitrust Sights on Google Search
Tech News World
FCC Aims to Haul Digital Have-Nots Across the Divide
Tallahassee.com
Market Will Set Value of Comcast-NBC Merger
Credit Union Times
Payment Card Networks Under Assault
San Francisco Business Times
Intel and FTC Trade Punches While Rivals Cheer
Washington Examiner
Feds Should Free up Airwaves to Spur Wireless Growth
Every time you make a cell phone call, send a text message, or visit a website on your smartphone, you are using the airwaves. Collectively…
Study
Payment Card Networks Under Assault
How Capping Interchange Fees Will Hurt Consumers, Charities, Community Banks, and Credit Unions…
Forbes
Sued for Success
Computer chip maker Intel is back in court. On Wednesday, New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against…
News Release
Think Tank Blasts Cuomo’s Witch Hunt Against Intel
Washington, D.C., November 4, 2009—Today New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against Intel Corporation. The suit, which accuses…
Ecomerce Times
Tech Heavies to FCC: Stay on Target
The Wall Street Journal
Letter to the Editor: Net Neutrality Has Many Facets, Some of Them Known
Mr. Jenkins suggests that Google would likely "shriek" if a startup were to mount its servers inside the network of a telecom provider. Google already…
San Francisco Gate
Swift Response to Net Neutrality Proposals
Washington Examiner
Facebook Changes Privacy Policy to Appease Canadians
Facebook made headlines late last month when it overhauled its privacy policy, which governs the site's practices regarding user data. The move followed months of…
Washington Examiner
What do ‘Cybersecurity Emergency’ Powers Mean for the Internet
Could President Obama soon gain the power to shut down the Internet? This is a question that has vexed security experts, legal scholars, and…
Tech News World
Rights Groups Demand More Info on Arbitrary DHS Laptop Searches
Ecomerce Times
Apple Keeps Google Voice for iPhone on the Table
Washington Examiner
Is Google Book Deal a Threat to Privacy?
October 7 is shaping up to be a big day for bookworms. On that day, a federal judge is expected to rule on a…
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Tech Liberation Front Celebrates 5 Years Today
The Technology Liberation Front group blog started five years ago today, offering free minds, free markets, free speech perspectives from technology policy…
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Newsflash to FCC: The iPhone is a Closed Platform, and Consumers Love It
Just when you thought the FCC’s investigation of the wireless industry couldn’t get any stranger, TechCrunch reports that the Commission has sent letters…
New York Times
Legal Restrictions Won’t Help Ensure Privacy Online
To the Editor: Re “Lost in the Cloud” (Op-Ed, July 20): In discussing the privacy risks that have accompanied the growth of the Internet, Prof.
ARS Technica
A National Broadband Plan for Our Future
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Comments on the Federal Communications Commission Report ‘A National Broadband Plan for our Future’
The Commission’s record of alleged “regulatory restraint” toward the telecommunications sector over the past 13 years has come under fire by a number of commenters…
Comment
CEI Comments on National Broadband Plan for Our Future
Full Document Available in PDF The Federal Communications Commission faces one of the most significant undertakings in its history with the…
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Is Facebook Violating Federal Wiretapping Laws?
Facebook has been at the center of a controversy involving its moderation policies and The Pirate Bay, a popular Bittorrent tracker that was…
Ecomerce Times
Google and Antitrust
Ecomerce Times
Google and Antitrust
Ecomerce Times
Antitrust investigation of the Google Book Settlement
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Don’t Change Interchange
Overstock.com President Jonathan E. Johnson recently penned an op-ed that appeared in The Washington Times last week in which he argued for government regulation…
Washington Times
Don’t change interchange
Overstock.com President Jonathan E. Johnson III overlooks several important facts regarding credit card interchange fees (“Retailers, consumers squeezed,” Opinion, Wednesday). Much of the $48…
Op-Eds
Don’t overhype privacy fears on G1
Online users need to be careful with their information, but hyping privacy fears is unwarranted.
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Barack Obama’s ‘Digital Lines’ to Nowhere
When Barack Obama said in his inaugural address, "We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce…
News Release
European Antitrust Officials Target Microsoft over Internet Explorer
The European Commission may order Microsoft to strip Internet Explorer (IE) from certain versions of Windows, according to a preliminary ruling against Microsoft…
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More on Waxman and Tech
As Cord mentioned earlier, Henry Waxman has been named incoming Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, of which the Subcommittee on Telecommunications…
All Things D
Broadband Speed Upgrades
Tech Dirt
Broadband Price War
DSL Reports
Broadband Competition
Tech World News
Broadband Competition
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FCC Might Actually Roll Back an Outdated Regulation!
If you wanted to communicate over long distances in real-time 25 years ago, you had little choice but to rely on your local phone company…
Ecomerce Times
FCC Comcast Net Neutrality Ruling
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DMCA takedown notices should take fair use into consideration
A U.S. district judge got it right yesterday when he refused to dismiss a lawsuit against Universal, ruling that copyright holders should take…
Tech Dirt
Selectable Output Control
Op-Eds
Rigid federal mandates hinder privacy technologies
Wayne Crews & Ryan Radia show how federal privacy laws are not only counterproductive, but hypocritical…
Op-Eds
Unfairness Doctrine
Cord Blomquist on government censorship of political speech and the possible revival of the "Fairness Doctrine"…
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FCC Targets Long-Term Service Plans
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Tomorrow’s Technological Revolution
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Tunneling your way around ISP traffic manipulation
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Laying the blame for climbing gas prices
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Selling Out Online Advertising
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Comcast’s solution to network congestion
Op-Eds
Biofuels Debate Heats Up
Ryan Radia and William Yeatman argue that support for bio-fuels is drying up as food costs rise and commodities markets destabilize.
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Grand Theft Auto: Masterpiece or Abomination?
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More on Credit Card Interchange Fees
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A Bill of Rights to enshrine Net Neutrality?
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Legislators attack proposed FCC broadcasting rules
Over 120 members of Congress sent a letter to the FCC this week arguing against new localism mandates being considered by the Commission.
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Buried in paperwork, phone companies seek regulatory relief
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Congress ponders Price Controls for credit card companies
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Kentucky Bill Targets Online Anonymity
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More “White Space” Fear-Mongering
Op-Eds
Comcast in the Crosshairs
Despite Comcast's ascendancy, the cable provider remains vulnerable - yet its greatest threat is not from Baby-Bell competitors but from lawmakers in Washington, D.C.
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Web Advertising Startups Illustrate Market Dynamism
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Pruning Walled Gardens with the Shears of the Free Market
Op-Eds
Greens are all wet on bottled water
Thanks to environmental activists and busybody lawmakers, bottled water may soon be more expensive and less accessible. They say bottled water is…
Op-Eds
The Frivolous iSuit
California resident Timothy Smith has sued Apple and AT&T over the iPhone, accusing them of illegal monopolistic behavior. The iPhone…
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Relaxing Media Consolidation Rules
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U.S. Economy Declared World’s Most Competitive
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Municipal Internet Refuses To Die
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A Well-Managed Network Is Comcastic
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New York Forces Facebook to Police User Content
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How To Allocate White Space
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Should companies be forced to accommodate hackers?
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