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“Hacking Politics,” Demand Progress, March 10, 2012. Larry wrote a chapter for “Hacking Politics,” a free e-book on the fight over SOPA and PIPA and what they mean to the future of Internet regulation. This work-in-progress is available in PDF or e-book formats. |
Category Archives: Media
SOPA Backlash/Politico
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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. |
