A common carrier approach to Internet interconnection.
I. INTRODUCTION
The Internet is rife with disputes over interconnection. These
disputes take many forms, ranging from complaints over unfair peering
policies by "backbones," to assertions that . . .
The persistence of the dirigiste model: wireless spectrum
allocation in Europe, a la francaise.
I. INTRODUCTION
The process of allocating radio spectrum for Third Generation
("3G") wireless communications (1) in the European Union
("EU" or "the Union") illustrates the convergence of
serious . . .
A tale of three cities: "diverse and antagonistic"
information in situations of local newspaper/broadcast
cross-ownership.(Chica
I. INTRODUCTION
For more than half a century, a fundamental principle of
communications policy in the United States has been that the
"widest possible dissemination of information from diverse . . .
The best laid plans: how unrestrained arbitration decisions have
corrupted the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy.
I. INTRODUCTION
In any expanding environment, limitations are sometimes needed to
provide order and stability. The Internet revolution has penetrated
every corner of the globe. National . . .
The Communications Act: A Legislative History of the Major
Amendments, 1934-1996.(Review)
THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT: A LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE MAJOR
AMENDMENTS, 1934-1996, Max D. Paglin ed., Pike & Fischer, Inc.,
1999, 438 pages.
A second volume of the important literary legacy of the . . .
My view from the doorstep of FCC change.
I. INTRODUCTION
As a new commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission
("FCC" or "the Commission"), I have developed five
key principles that inform my regulatory philosophy and that will . . .
Does Internet gambling strengthen the U.S. economy? Don't
bet on it.
I. INTRODUCTION
Commercial gambling in the United States is a mammoth industry. In
the past few decades, the United States developed from a country with
few gambling options to one permitting . . .
Acquisitions by partially privatized firms: the case of Deutsche
Telekom and VoiceStream.
I. INTRODUCTION
A recent phenomenon in American competition policy is the
acquisition of a private firm by an enterprise that is either wholly
owned by government or in the midst of . . .
The FCC's main studio rule: achieving little for localism at
a great cost to broadcasters.
The old adage, "a moving target is harder to hit," should
not apply to government regulation. Unluckily, Jones Eastern has learned
the hard way that the vagaries of imprecision apply to many things . . .
Protecting privacy and enabling pharmaceutical sales on the
Internet: a comparative analysis of the United States and
Canada.
I. INTRODUCTION
The Internet offers the potential to revolutionize the manner in
which people receive health information and treat their health
conditions. More than 40.9 million Americans were . . .
International Communications: Continuity and Change.
International Communications: Continuity and Change, Daya Kishan
Thussu, Oxford University Press, Inc., 2000, 342 pages.
In International Communication: Continuity and Change, Daya Kishan
Thussu . . .
The private workplace and the proposed "Notice of Electronic
Monitoring Act": Is "notice" enough?
I. INTRODUCTION
On July 20, 2000, an interesting mix of federal legislators
proposed legislation that would affect monitoring of employee
communications and computer usage in the workplace. . . .
Use of public record databases in newspaper and television
newsrooms.(Statistical Data Included)
I. INTRODUCTION
The right of access to public record information can be found in
the statements of this country's Founders,(1) state and federal
statutes,(2) and decisions of the Supreme . . .
The public interest standard: is it too indeterminate to be
constitutional?
I. INTRODUCTION
More than three hundred years ago, in the second of his famous Two
Treatises, John Locke wrote that the legislature "cannot transfer
the [p]ower of [m]aking [l]aws to any other . . .
Connecting the world: the development of the global information
infrastructure.
I. INTRODUCTION
In 1844, the first message was sent over a telegraph line between
Washington and Baltimore.(1) By 1855, people communicating over long
distances commonly used telegraphy.(2) As a . . .
An uphill battle: the difficulty of deterring and detecting
perpetrators of Internet stock fraud.
I. INTRODUCTION
When fifteen-year-old Jonathon Lebed of New Jersey was convicted of
securities fraud through the Internet by the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC") in September of 2000, . . .
Dial 911 and report a congressional empty promise: the Wireless
Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999.
I. INTRODUCTION
On Thanksgiving Day 1997, Greg and Luann Bertaux were traveling
from their Kansas home to Eureka Springs, Arkansas, when they observed a
nearby green minivan darting dangerously . . .
Paved with good intentions: how interLATA data relief undermines
the competitive provisions of the 1996 Act.(local access and tr
I. INTRODUCTION
Just over five years ago, former President Clinton signed the
Telecommunications Act of 1996 ("1996 Act") into law,
effectively opening long-shut doors to competition.(1) Today, . . .
A subsidy by any other name: First Amendment implications of the
Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act of 1999.
I. INTRODUCTION
The Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act ("SHVIA")(1)
changed the face of the market for television video services by
authorizing direct broadcast satellite ("DBS") carriers . . .
Taking account of the world as it will be: the shifting course of
U.S. encryption policy.
It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the
dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any
longer without taking into account not only the world as it . . .
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