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Google Books Redux: The DoJ Tones Down its Objections
I write today on CNET (see "Gripes over Google Books go Technical") about the Department of Justice's filing last week in the Google Books case.…
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The Privacy/Law Enforcement Legal Whipsaw
Even as the issue of privacy continues to confound much brighter people than me, the related problem of securing the Internet has also been getting a great deal…
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Thoughts on Comcast v. FCC
I published the first of two pieces on CNET today about interesting and even encouraging developments in Washington over Internet policy. (See “New Year, New P…
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The Net Neutrality Doublespeak
An interesting tempest in a teapot has emerged this week following some overblown rhetoric by and in response to celebrity causemeister Bono. There’s a deeper l…
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The Net Neutrality Doublespeak
An interesting tempest in a teapot has emerged this week following some overblown rhetoric by and in response to celebrity causemeister Bono. There’s a deeper l…
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Two Smoking Guns and a Cold Case
The copyright war just isn’t dramatic enough to warrant a good novel, let alone a big movie deal. Consider a few recent stories from the on-going battle betwee…
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What the Comcast/NBC merger is really about
My op-ed today in The Hill (see “The Winter of Our Content,”) argues against those who want to derail the merger of Comcast and NBC Universal. I don’t know eno…
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FTC: Protecting Consumers from Moore's Law?
I write today on CNET News.com (see "FTC's new strategy: kick 'em when they're down") that the FTC’s decision yesterday to attack Intel s…
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Facebook privacy flap reveals bad PR more than bad policy
I write today on CNET about several recent privacy gaffes and missteps, notably the damp squib that was Facebook's new privacy policy and tools. I have som…
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Reasonable Doubts for the FTC's Privacy Conference
Initial reports of the FTC's privacy and technology conference, which began today, suggest that the speakers are leaning heavily toward the apocalyptic. Th…
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Net Neutrality: War of the Words
The debate over net neutrality is rapidly devolving into a war of the words--increasingly, words that take the form of hyperbole. Case in point: as reported l…
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SOC: Tempest in the Back of Your TV
I've spent all day on what I thought would be a short blog post. The MPAA wants a waiver from the FCC rule that prohibits disabling analog interfaces on the…