Archive for the ‘Speech’ Category
Saturday, February 9th, 2008
In Comcast's new Terms of Service, the company explicitly admits that it degrades peer-to-peer traffic as a means of reducing their network load.
The company also admits that they will kick off end users who use (what they determine to be) too much bandwidth:
The Service is for personal and non-commercial residential ...
Posted in FCC, Internet policy, Network neutrality, Speech, Telecommunications, Telecommunications law | 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 »
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
Comedian Stephen Colbert may soon need to get even less serious in his campaign for president.
As ABC reports, Colbert's ironic presidential bid may run afoul of campaign finance laws. He has already curtailed some activities--for instance, removing Doritos as a campaign sponsor--and the threat of enforcement may preclude him from ...
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Tuesday, April 10th, 2007
Tim O'Reilly proposes a Bloggers Code of Conduct
The code of conduct comes in the wake of death threats sent to Kate Sierra, who as a result cancelled a public appearance and suspended her blog. Sending death threats to someone is obviously unacceptable behavior and measures should be taken against it. ...
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