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“FCC’s Net Neutrality Ruling: Misplaced Nostalgia”, CNET News.com, December 21, 2010. On the day of the FCC’s 3-2 vote to adopt net neutrality rules, Larry points out that the kind of Internet the Commission seeks to “preserve” is of an earlier, less useful, generation. The new rules may have the unintended consequence of freezing the very innovation it seeks to encourage. The column was cited in a number of publications, including Money Daily, Executive Gov, Cato at Liberty and Outside the Beltway. |
KQED/NBP
2010
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“An Audacious Plan”, KQED Perspectives, December 22, 2010. Larry’s radio commentary for KQED’s “Perspectives” series compared the National Broadband Plan to Albert Gallatin’s original plan for U.S. infrastructure in the early 1800’s. |
State of the Net 2011
Larry will be speaking at the 2011 State of the Net conference, sponsored by the Advisory Committee to the Congressional Internet Caucus, on Jan. 18, 2011. He will address net neutrality and other federal regulatory activity of Internet infrastructure from the Silicon Valley perspective.
CNET/Fourth Amend
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“Search Warrants and Online Data: Getting Real”, CNET News.com, December 15, 2010. For CNET, Larry analyzes an important decision from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals declaring parts of the Stored Communications Act to be unconstitutional. The decision is an important win for cloud users and providers, making clear that data stored in the cloud enjoys Forth Amendment protections against unreasonable search and seizure. |
Marketplace/Wireless NN
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“Why does the FCC want to Regulate Wireless less than Broadband?”, Marketplace, December 15, 2010. Larry appeared on the public radio program “Marketplace” to discuss the FCC’s decision to exclude wireless broadband from many of the rules it planned to apply to wired broadband. |
TechCrunch/Dec Agenda
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“Keen on: Exposed, The Unholy Alliance Opposed to Solving the Net Neutrality Problem”, TechCrunch TV December 8, 2010. Larry was interviewed by TechCrunch’s Andrew Keen, explaining why the FCC’s decision to vote on net neutrality rules was by no means the end of the story. |