The FCC Floats a Net Neutrality Trial Balloon
The Wall Street Journal and New York Times have reported that controversial FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is floating a “trial balloon” for its net neutrality rule.…
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Hybrid Net Neutrality Makes No One Happy
""It's either a disaster for the open Internet, or it will be struck down in court," Stanford Professor Barbara van Schewick said. She warned…
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FCC 'Close' to Hybrid Net Neutrality Rules
"But according to Stanford Professor Barbara van Schewick, a leading net neutrality advocate, the Mozilla plan won't hold up in court. Using different…
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FCC Eying Net Neutrality Plan That Will Make No One Happy
"Stanford Law School professor Barbara van Schewick told Wheeler’s aides earlier this month that if the FCC tries a hybrid approach, “the FCC would lose in…
Does the FCC really not get it about the Internet?
The key to an open Internet is nondiscrimination and in particular, a prohibition on discrimination or prioritization based on the identity of the user (sender/…
Comments on Mozilla's Proposal
By Barbara van Schewick and Alec Schierenbeck. The FCC is currently considering adopting network neutrality rules based on a hybrid proposal that is based on t…
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Obama Talks Up Net Neutrality, But Could Do More to Defend It
""I think Obama has to say 'Title II' or otherwise he's avoiding the key question," said Marvin Ammori, a consultant for tech compani…
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FCC Chief Says He Agrees With Obama on Net Neutrality. Advocates Don't Buy it.
"Marvin Ammori, a consultant for tech companies and one of the leading net-neutrality advocates, said Wheeler's "legal proposal has the support of…
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Everything You Need to Know About Net Neutrality
"“It will either be we win on Title II or we lose,” says Marvin Ammori, a fellow at the liberal New America Foundation and an advocate of reclassification.…
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The Right Way to Fix the Internet
"Barbara van Schewick, a leading Internet scholar at Stanford and a former member of Lessig’s research team, expresses concern that if profit-hungry compan…
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What happens to tech policy if Republicans take the Senate?
"It is unclear when the FCC will act, but the calendar is important here. It's probably better for neutrality advocates all around if the rules get a c…
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‘Zero-Rating’ Issue Continues in the Net Neutrality Debate
"Wikipedia Zero, which is limited to developing countries, “might make sense” in such places where people make a dollar a day and where there’s little infr…