Archive for the ‘Industry Self-Regulation’ Category
Thursday, February 14th, 2008
In a filing with the FCC (pdf), Comcast claims that, thanks to market competition and blogging watchdogs, there is no need for regulatory intervention to protect net neutrality.
The company's recent discrimination against peer-to-peer traffic is the cause of the hearing. Last August, Comcast denied the charges (which were first documented ...
Posted in Antitrust, DRM, FCC, Industry Self-Regulation, Internet policy, Network neutrality, Technological Protection Measures, Telecommunications, Telecommunications law, Uncategorized | No Comments »
Saturday, January 26th, 2008
Robert Reich's latest book, Supercapitalism, is a fantastic analysis of the current relationship between corporations, citizens, and politics.
I put Supercapitalism on my wish list after Prof. Lawrence Lessig's glowing recommendation. While I make no pretense of being such a gifted writer as either of these scholars, here I attempt to ...
Posted in Activism, Antitrust, Congress, Corruption, Industry Self-Regulation, Media criticism, Network neutrality, Speech, Telecommunications, Telecommunications law | No Comments »
Friday, January 18th, 2008
David Isenberg has a great post on why Time Warner's bandwidth-sensitive pricing plan is good.
The very short version is that it's honest and a reasonable substitute for non-neutral packet discrimination, but the details will matter tremendously.
(Isen.blog link via Berkman Buzz)
UPDATE: I failed to mention the important caveat that bandwidth-sensitive pricing ...
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Friday, October 26th, 2007
The Register notes that while Manhunt 2 may have been effectively banned from distribution in UK stores by the British Board of Film Classification's refusal to assign a rating (again), the game could still sell online, via direct download (link via Game Politics).
Sound familiar? If you're familiar with the regulatory ...
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Sunday, September 9th, 2007
Rumor has it that the uncut version of Manhunt 2 is available for download through torrent files online. You may remember Manhunt 2 as a PS2/PSP/Wii game that was slapped with an "Adults Only" rating by the ESRB, a self-regulatory industry body, until the publisher modified the game for a ...
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