An epic and escalating war is now taking place over the next era of broadband content delivery. Some skirmishes are playing out in the public eye, but...
Jason Rosenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011
Reports are circulating that Waxman is preparing to introduce legislation that would kill free speech online. Why is he, a champion for progressive causes in the past, driving this awful legislation?
publishersweekly.com | Posted 05.25.2011
Now more than six months since the book settlement's final fairness hearing, New York Law School professor James Grimmelmann suggested that the compan...
The Next Web | Posted 05.25.2011
Over the past couple of weeks you've certainly heard about the Google and Verizon proposal for Net Neutrality. So much has been written about it, in ...
Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011
On "The Daily Show" last night, Jon Stewart skewered Google for flip-flopping on the issue of net neutrality--and violating its "don't be evil" motto-...
Posted 05.25.2011
Four Democratic members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee penned a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski Tu...
Marty Kaplan | Posted 05.25.2011
Without the Net Neutrality we have now, there's no guarantee that all content will continue to get the same fair shake. Are you comfortable with handing over to Big Media the power to decide whether some communications are more equal than others?
Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011
Academics, agencies, and executives, among many others, have weighed in on Google and Verizon's joint policy proposal for an "open Internet," a framew...
Marvin Ammori | Posted 05.25.2011
White House silence on net neutrality doesn't mean consent with Google -- it means the ball is in the FCC's court. And it means the FCC should do what every net neutrality advocate in the nation is saying.
Larry Magid | Posted 05.25.2011
Sure, Verizon and Google are very powerful companies but, last time I checked, they were not able to make national policy -- at least not yet.
Marvin Ammori | Posted 05.25.2011
Internet service providers need only one loophole to really kill an open Internet. Maybe the most ridiculous one is the liability limit. The maximum fine for a violation that could make a company billions is $2 million dollars.
Craig Aaron | Posted 05.25.2011
Cut through the platitudes the two companies (Googizon, anyone?) offered on today's press call, and you'll find this deal is even worse than advertised.
Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011
Following reports that the two companies were finalizing a deal that could upend net neutrality and bring about "the end of the Internet as we know it...
Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011
Just days after the FCC announced it was abandoning its efforts to reach a compromise on net neutrality, Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Verizon CEO Ivan ...
Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011
Are Verizon and Google near a deal to put pay tiers on the web? Have they even been negotiating a deal? Could the two companies' (alleged) agreement k...
Marvin Ammori | Posted 05.25.2011
The Google-Verizon deal proves that network neutrality rules are necessary. And it proves that the FCC's negotiation-talks receive little respect from the corporations engaged in them (maybe for good reason).
Josh Silver | Posted 05.25.2011
Since its beginnings, the Internet was a level playing field that allowed all content to move at the same speed, whether it's ABC News or your uncle's video blog. That's all about to change.
Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011
Verizon's Chief Executive Lowell McAdam says that Verizon and Google are working together on developing a tablet PC, the Wall Street Journal reports. ...
AP | PETER SVENSSON | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW YORK — Verizon Wireless said Tuesday it will put substantial resources into developing and selling phones that use Google Inc.'s Android sof...
DailyFinance | SAM GUSTIN | Posted 05.25.2011