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You are hereIntellectual PropertyFather of net neutrality admits "the whole net neutrality issue is really about a power struggle"Submitted by Scott Cleland on Mon, 2007-11-05 10:59Tim Wu, the "father of net neutrality" because he made up the term a few years back, was surprisingly candid in a CNET article that: "the whole net neutrality issue is really about a power struggle."
I also found another candid quote by the Moveon.org/FreePress folks that also tells us what they are up to: Bogus petition against Comcast's reasonable network management is a back door ploy to reinstate common carriage for broadbandSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Fri, 2007-11-02 08:15The Moveon.org/FreePress petition to the FCC to declare Comcast's reasonable network management illegal, is a deceptive back-door scheme to reverse FCC deregulation of broadband as an information service and to (de facto) reinstate common carriage for broadband.
First, if managing out-of-control p2p traffic that is degrading and impairing the responsiveness and utility of the Internet for the many by the few is not "reasonable network management" then no network management is reasonable. More eBay-Skype hypocrisy!Submitted by Scott Cleland on Mon, 2007-10-29 10:58Isn't it illuminating that eBay, the online auction monopoly with 95% market share per Jupiter Research, and the owner of Skype that is lobbying hard for regulation and legislation to force the "unlocking of phones" and mandate net neutrality regulation -- is so uncooperative with law enforcement trying to crack down on organized theft?
Reuters reported last week: "U.S. retailers want online sellers to fight theft."
Seems like more hypocrisy and situational ethics from eBay, where they seek corporate welfare from government, while not cooperating fully with law enforcement to fight "organized theft."
WSJ's Mossberg's opinion piece inflames but doesn't inform -- a perverted view of "free" marketsSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Mon, 2007-10-22 12:21I normally consider myself a big fan of Walter Mossberg's technology reviews in the Wall Street Journal, but for today I am a big critic of Mr. Mossberg's woefully uniformed and one-sided opinion piece on public policy "Free my Phone." Obviously frustrated at the technical reality that the bandwidth availability of telecommunications devices has not kept pace with the faster growth in computer processing, Mr. Mossberg lashes out at public policy as the cause in an emotional diatribe that illogically concludes that "if the government...breaks the crippling power that the wireless carriers exert today, the free market will deliver a... happy ending." Unsolicited advice for Frontline Wireless' new Open Access Advisory councilSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Wed, 2007-10-10 11:01Reed Hundt's Frontline Wireless, is reportedly forming a high-profile "Open Access Advisory Council" for the 700 MHz spectrum auction, which includes "net neutrality" term-coiner and celebrity Columbia Law Professor Tim Wu. I have two pieces of unsolicited advice for Frontline's new advisory council." Google's "G-Phone" an alligator versus bear fight?Submitted by Scott Cleland on Tue, 2007-10-09 10:59
Google's long rumored Google phone News Corp needles Google for not protecting copyright -- Is Google an "honest" broker?Submitted by Scott Cleland on Fri, 2007-10-05 10:55Google just can't seem to get on the right side of copyright law -- or the law in general for that matter.
The point here is that Google clearly has the wherewithal to not violate copyright, but they are making a business decision that it is better or more profitable for Google to disrespect copyright law rather than to respect copyright law. AP: "Ethics group urges Congress to examine Google's Copyright controls"Submitted by Scott Cleland on Mon, 2007-10-01 10:25Google's copyright kleptomania just can't stay out of the news for long. Per the AP/San Jose Mercury News last week:
Frontline Wireless' shameless misdirection to pickpocket the American taxpayerSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Fri, 2007-09-21 11:38Reed Hundt's Frontline Wireless is proposing more changes to the FCC's 700 MHz auction rules upon reconsiderataion -- so watch your wallet! Per today's Comm Daily: I am a panelist with Tim Wu at Future of Music Conference 9-17Submitted by Scott Cleland on Fri, 2007-09-14 18:15I am on a Broadband Policy panel on Monday at 4:45 at the Future of Music Summit with a couple of the lead folks who champion net neutrality: Professor Tim Wu, who coined the term, and Ben Scott, of Free Press who has slickly popularized it in close coordination with Moveon.org.
Leveling the Playing Field: how does broadband policy affect musicians? Congress and the FCC are currently working a series of initiatives designed to revise the telecommunications regulatory framework, with everything from spectrum reform, to broadband deployment, to network neutrality on the table. How will proposed revisions impact musicians, citizens and technologists? How does broadband policy intersect with concerns about protecting intellectual property? What would a pro-musician Telecom Act look like?
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