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ACLU of Northern California Launches dotRights
The ACLU of Northern California has officially launched dotRights, a comprehensive set of materials and tools to learn about, and act upon, privacy and free spe…
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Hollywood: Wanted Dead or Alive
Two recent articles with competing views of the fate of Hollywood content producers caught my attention. The first, by CNET’s Greg Sandoval, reiterates long-st…
Letter of Six Law Professors to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski
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FCC's proposed neutrality rules: Nothing to see here, folks
My analysis of the FCC’s proposed neutrality rules appears this morning on CNET. No surprise, I think the FCC’s plan is a bad idea, and I think, more to the po…
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Identity Theft: Not Dead Yet
Julia Angwin’s column in The Wall Street Journal argues that identity theft is nothing but a “fear campaign.” Not exactly. I also have some strong words about…
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - GN Docket No. 09-191 WC Docket No. 07-52
In the Matter of Preserving the Open Internet - GN Docket No. 09-191 Broadband Industry Practices - WC Docket No. 07-52 * Publication Type:Regulatory Filing…
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More Fallout and Falling Out Over Net Neutrality
The fallout continues from FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s promise to initiate new rulemaking to implement Net Neutrality principles promised by candidate Oba…
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IBM Back in the Antitrust Crosshairs: Deja Vu Mixed with Vertigo
Sources cited by The New York Times indicate the U.S. Justice Department has once again opened an antitrust investigation against IBM. Remember IBM? The new i…
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PATRIOT Act: Last Refuge of Scoundrels
“Patriotism,” as Samuel Johnson famously said, “is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” In that sense, perhaps the USA PATRIOT Act is appropriately named after all…
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The End of the American Internet
In 1998, all hell broke loose as the U.S. government considered how to govern the network it had created. That fight has now ended, with a whimper: http://larr…
Brief Amicus Curiae of Professors Jack M. Balkin, Jim Chen, Lawrence Lessig, Barbara van Schewick, and Timothy Wu Urging that the FCC's Order Be Afirmed
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The Net Neutrality Walk of Shame
It just gets worse...less than a week after the FCC Chairman calls for simple rules to enforce Net Neutrality, all the thieves have fallen out. Everyone thinks…