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You are hereCopyrightCellphone Unlocking Legal But Cellphone Lockpicking Illegal – Keeping Copyright Neuterers HonestSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Tue, 2013-03-05 14:22Rhetoric aside, the Administration drew an underappreciated and principled line in defending property rights in its deft partial support of the Free Culture petition to the White House to “make unlocking cellphones legal.” For those paying attention to the whole Administration statement, the Administration included a critical caveat protecting property and contractual rights: i.e. one should be able to legally unlock a cellphone “if you have paid for your mobile device, and aren’t bound by a service agreement or other obligation.” Mr. Khanna’s Call to Arms Over Cellphone Unlocking is More Copyright Misrepresentation -- Part 8: Defending First Principles SeriesSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Mon, 2013-02-25 09:51Free culture activist, Derek Khanna, has thrust himself into the limelight again with yet more misrepresentations of copyright law. His latest copyright-neutering effort is a “call to arms” to “the digital generation” to oppose a Librarian of Congress 1998 DMCA copyright ruling, that it is illegal to break into a cell-phone’s software in order to “unlock” it -- without the permission of, or payment to, the software’s owner. Big Internet’s Most Special Interests – Part 7: Internet as Oz SeriesSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Wed, 2013-02-20 14:02If the Internet Association is presumptuous enough to unilaterally deem itself “the unified voice of the Internet economy,” I guess we should not be surprised that on the same day that our duly-elected President delivered the State of the Union, the unelected President of the Internet Association would be presumptuous enough to deliver the “State of the Internet.” Googleopoly X: Google's Dominance is Spreading at an Accelerating Rate -- See Pictorial AnalysisSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Fri, 2013-02-15 13:36Please see the full pictorial analysis in “Googleopoly X: Google’s Dominance is Spreading at an Accelerating Rate" – here.”
The conclusions and recommendations for antitrust authorities are reprinted below.
A. Conclusions: Google’s Content Settlements Are Tacit Admission It Is an Essential Facility – Part 14 Google’s Disrespect for Property SeriesSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Mon, 2013-02-11 11:12Google’s recent public actions appear to be a tacit admission that its antitrust risks in the EU are more serious than it has acknowledged publicly.
Google’s Content Settlements Exposing the Copyright Neutering Movement's Biggest Deceptions -- Part 7 Defending First PrinciplesSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Fri, 2013-02-01 15:35The copyright-neutering movement, which is fueled by free culture activists and Big Internet interests, regularly employs four deceptions in their lobbying efforts to weaken copyright law and change the public conversation about copyright. The movement obviously seeks to distract political attention from the proven real-world problem of online piracy and the urgent need for more anti-piracy enforcement of online copyright-infringement and counterfeiting, to their artificially-manufactured problem that copyright itself is the problem because it limits free online "sharing" and "innovation without permission." The four deceptions are:
1. Advocate with deceptive "free" and "open" messaging. Free culture and Big Internet interests view copyright-property-rights and enforcement of those rights as a threat and obstacle to the realization of their techtopian vision for the Internet where "free" means no cost (or online ad-funded), and "open" means taking without permission (no property online) and government regulation (net neutrality). Implications of Google's Broadband Plans for Competition and Regulation -- Part 1 Modernization Consensus SeriesSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Mon, 2013-01-28 13:51Google's latest broadband pilot, experimenting with micro-cell (mesh) wireless broadband in its Mountain View headquarters, comes on top of Google Fiber's high-profile, commercial broadband pilot in Kansas City, that Google's CFO recently told investors was not a "hobby" but a real business opportunity. These broadband pilots put a spotlight on Google's overall broadband plans and beg an analysis of the potential implications of Google's broadband plans for competition and regulation. Summary of Conclusions:
The Google Lobby Defines Big Internet's Policy Agenda -- Part 6 Internet as Oz SeriesSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Wed, 2013-01-16 14:53Google not only dominates the web, the Google Lobby also dominates Big Internet's policy agenda in Washington in part via its new proxy, the Internet Association, the self-appointed "unified voice of the Internet economy." Since market dominance attracts antitrust scrutiny, it necessitates lobbying dominance. The FTC's antitrust investigation prompted Google to hire twelve lobbying firms in a week and to rapidly organize them and legions of law and PR firms into one of the top corporate lobbying operations influencing Washington. Tellingly, a Wall Street Journal op-ed lionized "Google's $25 Million Bargain" lobby and Politico got behind-the-scenes to explain "How Google Beat the Feds." What If Microsoft Exited the Search Business? -- My Daily Caller Op-edSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Mon, 2013-01-14 11:46Please don't miss my Daily Caller Op-ed: "What if Microsoft Exited the Search Business?" -- here. Top Takeaways from FTC's Google Antitrust Decisions -- Part 16 Google Unaccountability SeriesSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Mon, 2013-01-07 11:21Summary of Top Takeaways from the FTC's Google Antitrust Decisions:
1. Google's U.S. search bias win establishes a broad Internet-friendly FTC antitrust enforcement precedent. Pages |