The Open Market Blog

• By: Ryan Radia
• 04/14/2008

I don’t visit ATMs much anymore. Instead, I mostly rely on credit cards. Credit cards are now accepted by all kinds of stores, from small,…

• By: Ryan Radia
• 03/10/2008

The latest attack on anonymous online speech comes from Kentucky State Rep. Tim Couch (R), who proposed legislation last week to ban posting anonymous…

• By: Ryan Radia
• 02/11/2008

On Saturday, February 9, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) wrote an op-ed in The New York Times arguing against the approval of white-space devices. Rep.

• By: Ryan Radia
• 12/06/2007

The Wall Street Journal has an insightful article today about web-based advertising on the front page of the Marketplace section. The technology it's using…

• By: Ryan Radia
• 11/30/2007

In an unexpected announcement on Tuesday, Verizon Wireless announced that it will allow any device or application to access its network starting in mid-2008.

• By: Ryan Radia
• 11/15/2007

Ryan Blethen of the Seattle Times editorialized last Friday against relaxing FCC restrictions on media ownership. But these obsolete regulations harm consumer choice and…

• By: Ryan Radia
• 11/06/2007

The World Economic Forum in its annual Global Competitiveness Report declared last week that the U.S. economy is the most competitive in the world.

• By: Ryan Radia
• 11/01/2007

Today the Senate Commerce Committee passed the Community Broadband Act, ArsTechnica reports. The bill preempts state laws banning publicly funded Internet and allows…

• By: Ryan Radia
• 10/24/2007

Comcast is under fire again, this time for spoofing network packets to stop its users from uploading using peer-to-peer software. The technology Comcast…

• By: Ryan Radia
• 10/22/2007

Facebook has “voluntarily” agreed to warn users about explicit images and redouble its efforts to combat obscenity as part of a settlement with…

• By: Ryan Radia
• 10/15/2007

The white space debate is intensifying, with the National Association of Broadcasters running television ads showing a grandmother watching pixilated football thanks to unlicensed wireless…

• By: Ryan Radia
• 10/12/2007

Two lawsuits have been filed over the iPhone, accusing Apple and AT&T of illegal monopolistic behavior. The lawsuit seeks damages because of software Apple…

• By: Ryan Radia
• 09/28/2007

The United States Patent and Trademark Office, after finally having done something right for a change, recently reversed a…