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“Government Control of Net is Always a Bad Idea” CNET News.com, June 4, 2012. For CNET, Larry looks at a proposed California law that would prohibit the Public Utilities Commission from regulating Voice over Internet Protocol providers of phone services, and hears echoes of efforts by the U.N. to exert its influence as well. |
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“Resetting the Balance to Save Copyright” Techdirt, May 25, 2012. Part III of Larry’s Techdirt post proposes three simple fixes to the copyright system that would end most of the fighting between technology and media companies. |
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“You’re Only Making Things Worse for Yourselves, Media Industries” Techdirt, May 23, 2012. Part II of Larry’s Techdirt post on the decline of copyright looks at how the system has become imbalanced between the rights of creators and those of the public, and how the Mickey Mouse curve explains how it happened. |
Updates to the Media Page
We’ve added over a dozen new posts to the Media page, covering some of the highlights in articles and press coverage for April and May, 2012.
Topics include privacy, security, copyright, net neutrality, spectrum policy, the continued fall of Best Buy and antitrust.
The new posts include links to Larry’s inaugural writing for several publications, including Techdirt, Fierce Mobile IT, and Engine Advocacy.
There are also several new video clips, including Larry’s interview of Andrew Keen, author of the provocative new book, “Digital Vertigo,” which took place at the Privacy Identity and Innovation conference in Seattle.
June was just as busy as the rest of the year, and we hope to catch up with the links soon.
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“How Copyright Extension Undermined Copyright” Techdirt, May 21, 2012. Part I of Larry’s inaugural posts for Techdirt looked at the similarities between recent “enhancements” to copyright law and the unenforceability of parking regulations. |
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“Larry Downes on the FCC Spectrum Roadblock” Internet Innovation Alliance, May 17, 2012. Larry’s article for Bloomberg BNA (subscriber only) on the FCC’s poor track record in averting a spectrum crisis for mobile users is quoted at length in this post by the Internet Innovation Alliance. The Bloomberg BNA article was also quoted at length by the National Taxpayer’s Union. |
