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Submitted by Scott Cleland on Thu, 2014-04-03 16:01
Please don’t miss my new white paper that I will present Friday at a NetCompetition Capitol Hill event with the following well-known experts responding: Gene Kimmelman of Public Knowledge; Jeff Eisenach of the American Enterprise Institute; Mark Cooper of the Consumer Federation of America; and Hal Singer of the Progressive Policy Institute. (Event details are below for anyone who wishes to attend.) The white paper -- “Thinking and Starting Anew: Modernizing Communications Law for American Consumers” -- has a simple but critically important premise: that consumers and not technology should be the organizing principle of any update of the Communications Act. I believe you will find the two contrasting graphics particularly helpful:
It also presents the main consumer harms of technology-based communications law; and concludes with a high-level summary of why the law needs modernizing. *** Event Details for those interested in attending.
“Thinking and Starting Anew: Modernizing Communications Law for American Consumers” Join NetCompetition and an esteemed panel to discuss how Congress can best make consumers, not technology, the organizing principle of a 21st century Communications Act framework that serves and protects consumers while fostering dynamic innovation, competition, and growth in an evolving marketplace: Where: 121 Cannon House Office Building, Washington DC 20515 When: Friday, April 4, 2014 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Presenter and Moderator: Scott Cleland, NetCompetition Panelists:
Link to white paper is here. Complimentary Lunch Provided Please RSVP by clicking here.
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