The FCC’s new Open Internet rules are a major come-from-behind victory for net neutrality. How in the world did this actually get done? And what exactly happens now?
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Tags: activism, broadband, common carriage, FCC, media policy, net neutrality, Open Internet, policymaking, regulation
Posted in Current Events, Industry, Internet, Politics, Technology | Comments Off on What to Make of the Historic Net Neutrality Win
President Obama’s statement calling on the FCC to implement the strongest possible net neutrality regulations is significant for many reasons, including what it signals about citizen engagement in communications regulation and the politics of media policy.
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Tags: Barack Obama, digital media, FCC, internet, media policy, net neutrality, Open Internet, regulation, Tom Wheeler
Posted in Industry, Internet, Politics, Technology | 2 Comments »
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: AMC, Charter, Comcast, Dish, FCC, net neutrality, NFL, Time Warner Cable, Verizon, Viacom
Posted in Columns, Current Events, Industry, What Are You Missing? | Comments Off on What Are You Missing? Jan 13 – Jan 26
A federal appeals court just ended net neutrality because the FCC didn't call it what it is: common carriage.
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Tags: AT&T, broadband, Comcast, common carriage, Discourse, FCC, Google, net neutrality, Open Internet, policy, policy sphere, policymaking, regulation, Verizon
Posted in Current Events, Industry, Industry, Internet, Internet, Perspectives, Politics, Politics, Technology, Technology | 3 Comments »
The policy battle over net neutrality is heating back up with the hearing in Verizon v. FCC. Here's what's at stake in the case.
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Tags: AT&T, broadband, Comcast, FCC, Google, net neutrality, Open Internet, policy, regulation, Verizon
Posted in Industry, Industry, Internet, Internet, Perspectives, Technology, Technology | 1 Comment »
Whatever you’ve been doing on the internet in the last few weeks, chances are you ran across something about SOPA. And for good reason—SOPA might just be the most dangerous internet legislation the US government has ever considered.
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Tags: censorship, copyright, intellectual property, internet freedom, net neutrality, PIPA, policy, social media, SOPA, U.S. Congress
Posted in Film, Industry, Internet, Music, Politics, Technology, TV | 2 Comments »
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: 3D, Amazon, books, cloud services, digital media, Hollywood, independent, internet, net neutrality, Netflix, oscars, Paramount, porn, social media, Sony, Spotify, streaming, television, Twitter, UltraViolet, video games, Wal-mart, YouTube
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Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: Amazon, Apple, Blu-ray, cloud services, DVD, Facebook, Hollywood, independent film, internet, iTunes, music, net neutrality, Netflix, Redbox, Sony, streaming, television, Twitter, video games, VOD, Weinstein Co.
Posted in What Are You Missing? | Comments Off on What Are You Missing? April 17-30
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: Amazon, AOL, Blockbuster, digital distribution, DVD, Facebook, Google, Hollywood, internet, marketing, movie theaters, music, MySpace, net neutrality, Netflix, oscars, social media, television, Twitter, video games, VOD, YouTube
Posted in Columns, What Are You Missing? | 2 Comments »
Despite its reputation as a wonky and bewildering issue, net neutrality actually boils down to a pretty simple principle of openness and nondiscrimination. It’s important to point out, then, that a lot of those who are talking about “net neutrality” these days aren’t actually talking about this.
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Tags: FCC, Google, internet, net neutrality, policy, Verizon
Posted in Industry, Industry, Internet, Internet, Perspectives, Politics, Politics, Technology, Technology | Comments Off on What We Talk About When We Talk About Net Neutrality
It’s worthwhile thinking about the Blackberry investigations and Google/Verizon plan for the future of net neutrality in connection with each another because they tell us a lot about trends in information policy and practice.
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Tags: Blackberry, Google, net neutrality, regulation, RIM, RMI, Verizon
Posted in Industry, Internet, Perspectives, Technology | 2 Comments »
Despite all the other Buzz around Google lately, its other announcement last week is the real big deal: Google's plan to build an experimental 1 Gbps, fiber-to-the-home broadband network will have a big impact on net neutrality and broadband stimulus policies.
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Tags: broadband, digital media, FCC, Google, internet, National Broadband Plan, net neutrality, policy, social networking
Posted in Internet, Perspectives | 4 Comments »