FCC chair Kevin Martin chimed in with his take on the Internet network neutrality issue: “We need to make sure we have a regulatory environment (in which network operators) can invest in the network and can recoup their costs,” The question for Mr. Martin is: why must we throw out the baby with the bathwater? …
Senator Stevens of Alaska held a hearing today about Internet network neutrality evidentally gave the idea a “lukewarm” reception. Is it any wonder? Looking at who was present at the meeting, there is already a clear bias towards the interest of telecommunications corporations. Here’s the witness list: Mr. Aryeh B. Bourkoff Managing Director, Media – …
A friend from work recently blogged about “Staying Informed with RSS” and how this technology may help keep people up to date. To me, the “push” aspect of this technology is what might bring online content closer to what broadcast has always been, an easy way to be presented with the content, yet now tailored …
C-Net is continuing their great coverage of the net video issue, today with an analysis of the copyright status of online video sharing. Although the law might not support them on this, they’re quite right in distinguishing between video downloads (through BitTorrent or eDonkey) and streaming services like Google Video and YouTube. Essentially, all of …
John is a PhD candidate at the University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication. He studies the social impact of media technology law and policy, with a special emphasis on copyright. He also is an instructional technology consultant for DoIT-Academic Technology.
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