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“SOPA: Mob Rule or Direct Democracy,” TechCrunch TV, Feb. 6, 2012. Larry speaks with TechCrunch’s Andrew Keen on the fight to stop SOPA, and what it means for the future of Internet activism.
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Category Archives: Media
Heartland/Auctions
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“Larry Downes: the Need for Fair and Open Spectrum Auctions,” The Heartland Institute, Feb. 2, 2012. On this podcast with Heartland editor Bruce Walker, Larry explains the risk to innovation of letting the FCC continue its quixotic practice of picking winners and losers in designing spectrum auctions and burdening licenses with quickly-outdated conditions. |
Forbes/Hundt
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“For Spectrum, We Need Fair and Open Auctions, not Professional Wrestling,” Forbes, Feb. 1, 2012. Larry takes on former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt in arguing for pending House legislation on new spectrum auctions, pointing out how the FCC has abused previous “flexibility” to pick winners and losers with little rhyme or reason. |
CommLaw/NN
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“Unscrambling the FCC’s Net Neutrality Order,” CommLaw Conspectus, Feb. 1, 2012. Larry’s law review article deconstructs the FCC’s late 2010 Net Neutrality order, now the subject of an intense legal battle. |
LA Times/Lifeline
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“Will Lifeline Guarantee High-Speed Internet for All?,” The Los Angeles Times, Jan. 31, 2012. Larry is quoted in an L.A. Times editorial on reform of the FCC’s Lifeline program and plans to change it into a low-income broadband subsidy. |
STR/Influencers
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“Top 100 Influencers in Social Media,” Social Technology Review, Jan. 27, 2012. Larry is named to #73 in this list of influential users of social media, just ahead of Tim Tebow and just behind the Dalai Lama! |
