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“Pols Fear ‘SOPA Backlash’,” Politico, March 8, 2012. Politico’s Kim Hart spoke with Larry about the aftermath of SOPA, and fears on Capitol Hill that any Internet-related legislation could be met with similar fury. Larry’s comments were widely cited, see stories on the websites Horrible Night and The Next Web, for example. |
Spectrum/Commentary
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“Big Government and the Spectrum Problem,” Commentary, March 8, 2012. Commentary’s Ted R. Bromund writes, “Larry Downes has a remarkable column on CNET news about the shortage of spectrum for use by mobile broadband. It is a catalog of government ineptitude, incompetence, regulatory capture, and short-sightedness.” |
BART/AdWeek
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“FCC Opens Inquiry into BART Mobile Shutdown,” AdWeek, March 2, 2012. Larry is skeptical of a tardy FCC inquiry into an illegal network shutdown by BART police during protests over BART poilce. |
BBUY/Music Trades
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“Add Value or Adios,” The Music Trades, March, 2012. The editors of “The Music Trades” took Larry’s Best Buy article as a warning for all retailers to take a sober look at their customer service from the customer’s point-of-view. |
Sclerosis/National Review
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“Larry Downes on Spectrum Sclerosis,” The National Review, Feb. 28, 2012. The National Review’s “Agenda” blog quotes at length from Larry’s call for a new system of spectrum management in the wake of a widely-acknowledged crisis in mobile broadband. |
National Review/SOPA Analysis
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“Innovate or Legislate,” The National Review, Feb. 27, 2012. In an extensive analysis of the SOPA fight, Reiham Salam and Pattrick Ruffini quote from Larry’s controversial Forbes article on the true political nature of Internet users and its reflection of Internet design principles. |
