shouting loudly

Is the proposed WIPO Broadcast Treaty unconstitutional? James Boyle sure thinks so, and I’m inclined to agree. Constitutional questions aside, it sure is a dumb idea: grant broadcasters and webcasters a copyright-like right, lasting 50 years or more, on content they transmit. The content is already copyrighted, so infringing duplication (e.g., posting sitcoms on BitTorrent) [...]

Today’s Washington Post features an impassioned op-ed by Lawrence Lessig and Robert McChesney in which they demand network neutrality now. It’s quite a good article filled with well-justified reasons that the internet as we now know it is in danger thanks to big telecom and needs rescuing by strong net neutrality provisions. It’s well-timed. The [...]

[So I haven't posted in a couple weeks because I've just started an internship at Public Knowledge. Moving, getting set up, etc. But I spent my first day doing business "on the Hill" today. Very enlightening experience, to say the least.] Itching to post, I thought I’d share a great NYT story about the business [...]