Ruling the Root.(Book Review)
Ruling the Root, Milton L. Mueller, Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press,
2002, 301 pages.
In the spring of 1998, the U.S. government told the Internet:
Govern yourself. (1) This unfocused order--a . . .
The regulation of interactive television in the United States and
the European Union.
I. INTRODUCTION
The broadcasting industry is rapidly entering the era of
digitization, distributed intelligence, and interactivity. Despite
lingering standardization issues, digital transmission . . .
The digital divide and courtroom technology: can David keep up
with Goliath?
I. INTRODUCTION
The federal judiciary recently embraced the technological
revolution. Select courts are now equipped with state-of-the-art
technology to aid in trial presentations. Before the . . .
The concrete barrier at the end of the information superhighway:
why lack of local rights-of-way access is killing competitive l
I. INTRODUCTION
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 (1996 Act) (1) contained the
promise of a deregulated national telecommunications market with
unfettered competition in both the local and . . .
Indecent exposures in an electronic regime.
I. INTRODUCTION
"The privacy that any computer user would and should and is
justified in expecting is illusory; Big Brother shrunk to a miniature
cyber spy always looms and never sleeps." (1) . . .
Enhancing competition: are proposed Federal Communications
Commission rules that treat local exchange carrier access to multiple
I. INTRODUCTION
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 (1996 Act) (1) marks a
fundamental change in the attitudes of Congress and the Federal
Communications Commission ("FCC") toward local . . .
Editor's note.
Welcome to the first issue of Volume 55 of the Federal
Communications Law Journal. The staff is very excited about the variety
and quality of articles and notes in this issue.
In our first . . .
Injunctive relief in the Internet age: the battle between free
speech and trade secrets.
I. INTRODUCTION
The last century has seen substantial advances in communications, of which
the Internet is only the most recent development. Each new medium, as it
was introduced, changed . . .
An efficiency analysis of contracts for the provision of
telephone services to prisons.
I. INTRODUCTION
The prison population in the United States has dramatically
increased since the 1970s, and as recently as 1998, there were nearly
two million inmates incarcerated in the United . . .
Smut on the small screen: the future of cable-based adult
entertainment following United States v. Playboy Entertainment
Group.
I. INTRODUCTION
On May 22, 2000, the Supreme Court narrowly affirmed a decision of
the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, holding
that section 505 of the . . .
Veil of secrecy: public executions, limitations on reporting
capital punishment, and the content-based nature of private executi
I. INTRODUCTION
Few issues in America spark more robust debate and disagreement
than capital punishment. The theoretical foundations of the penal system
in this country (whether the role of the . . .
Making and keeping regulatory promises.(multiyear
telcommunications regulatory changes)
I. INTRODUCTION
Multiyear regulatory commitments, or their absence, are an
important part of the functioning of the telecommunications services and
products industries. Most regulators were . . .
Carnivore, the FBI's e-mail surveillance system: devouring
criminals, not privacy.
I. INTRODUCTION
"Carelessness about our security is dangerous; carelessness
about our freedom is also dangerous." (1) The obvious message of
this statement is to be ever-mindful of the fine line . . .
Why ADCo? Why now? An economic exploration into the future of
industry structure for the "last mile" in local
telecommunications
Editor's Note: A version of this Article originally appeared
as Phoenix Center Policy Paper No. 12. (1)
I. INTRODUCTION
It is now more than five years since the passage of the . . .
The defamation of choice-of-law in cyberspace: countering the
view that the restatement (second) of conflict of laws is inadequa
So she sat on, with closed eyes, and half believed herself in
Wonderland, though she knew she had but to open them again and all would
change to dull reality....
--Lewis Carroll (1)
I. . . .
The U.S. Supreme Court addresses the Child Pornography Prevention
Act and Child Online Protection Act in Ashcroft v. Free Speech
"Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of
speech." (1)
I. INTRODUCTION
A very difficult issue facing the United States is applying First
Amendment rights in cyberspace. With the . . .
Not in Front of the Children: "Indecency," Censorship,
and the Innocence of Youth.
Not In Front of the Children, "Indecency," Censorship,
and the Innocence of Youth, Marjorie Heins, New York: Hill and Wang,
2001, 402 pages.
Marjorie Heins spent much of her career as a lawyer . . .
Protecting the e-marketplace of ideas by protecting employers:
immunity for employers under section 230 of the Communications De
I. INTRODUCTION
Unlike the antiquated system of posting a defamatory flier on a
signpost or publishing a slanderous article in the local newspaper, in
today's Internet era, a spiteful person may . . .
FCC Lobbying: A Handbook of Insider Tips and Practical
Advice.
FCC Lobbying: A Handbook of Insider Tips and Practical Advice,
Erwin G. Krasnow, David R. Siddall, and Michael D. Berg, Washington:
Telecommunications Reports International, 2001, 225 pages.
This . . .
Detariffing and the death of the filed tariff doctrine:
deregulating in the "self" interest.
I. INTRODUCTION
After nearly two decades (1) and several trips to the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ("D.C. Circuit
Court"), (2) the Federal Communications . . .
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