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Net Neutrality

Next President Has "Open" Opportunity

Leslie Harris | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Foia, E-Government, Electorate, Information, Open Government, President, Election, Internet, Censorship, Net Neutrality, Politics News
Leslie Harris

The issue of a government-led artificial restriction on access to information has more or less flown under the radar screen but it won't remain that way; it can't.

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AT&T Promises Not To Spy on You... Sort of

Timothy Karr | Posted 11.13.2008 | Media

Read More: AT&T, Free Press, Fisa, Internet Freedom, Privacy, Net Neutrality, Verizon, Media News
Timothy Karr

DPI allows companies like AT&T, Verizon and Time Warner to pry open user's trunks, erect new tolls and sell off or bar privileged access based on what they find inside.

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The Chicken Little Lobby Comes to New York

Timothy Karr | Posted 11.01.2008 | Media

Read More: White Spaces, Free Press, Internet for Everyone, Nab, Net Neutrality, Lobbyists, Public Airwaves, Media News
Timothy Karr

An unusual skirmish over the future of the Internet is being waged this week at New York City Hall, where city council members are weighing whether vacant television airwaves should be opened to the Internet.

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Why DC Lobbyists Fear 'White Spaces'

Timothy Karr | Posted 10.24.2008 | Media

Read More: Open Internet, White Spaces, Net Neutrality, Internet, Media News
Timothy Karr

What if I told you we could use empty TV channels to connect millions of people to the Internet? The technology exists to do just that. But a powerf...

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Wall Street Debacle Holds Lessons For Net Neutrality

Art Brodsky | Posted 10.19.2008 | Media

Read More: Internet, Media Consolidation, Fcc, Filmmaking, Economy, Net Neutrality, Media News
Art Brodsky

We're seeing a grim scenario play out now on Wall Street, as firms acted unwisely with no government oversight, and the public ends up losing. We don't want to see it play out online as well.

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Business-Friendly Democratic Party Platform Reflects Interests Of Party Leaders

Brad Parker | Posted 10.11.2008 | Home

Read More: Clinton, Clintons Democratic Leadership Council, Crony Dlc, Democratic Leadership Council Platform, Democratic Leadership Council, Net Neutrality, Dlc Platform, Party Platform, Ford Dlc, Dlc, Bill Clinton, Denc Platform, Harold Ford, Net Neutrality Clinton, Democratic Party Platform, Home News
Brad Parker

In its successive drafts, the DNC party platform moved from progressive to liberal to conservative, offering clear evidence that the Democratic Leadership Council and its corporate cronies still control the Democratic Party apparatus.

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Comcast Attitude Exposes Fraud of Internet 'Free Market'

Art Brodsky | Posted 09.25.2008 | Media

Read More: Internet, John McCain, Comcast, Fcc, Net Neutrality, Media News
Art Brodsky

It didn't take long for Comcast to ruin once again the mythology of the "free market" in broadband.

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Companies Win, Consumers Lose in McCain's Tech Plan

Art Brodsky | Posted 09.15.2008 | Media

Read More: Internet, John McCain, Fcc, FCC Comcast Hearing, Net Neutrality, Internet Policy, John McCain Internet, Kevin Powell, Kevin Martin, Mccain Net Neutrality, Kevin Martin FCC, Media News
Art Brodsky

McCain's internet policy is the product of a team of advisors that gives lip service to consumers, but when the rubber meets the road, it's the corporations that get most of the goodies.

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The Words Not Found in McCain's Tech Policy

David Weinberger | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Internet, John McCain, Fcc, Mccain, Obama, Technology, Net Neutrality, Barack Obama, John McCain Internet, Mccain Tech Policy, Mccain Net Neutrality, Politics News
David Weinberger

McCain's internet policy is the same as his energy policy: hand a key resource off to big corporations whose interests are fundamentally out of alignment with ours as citizens.

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FCC Commissioner's Scare Tactics Reach New Low

Josh Silver | Posted 09.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Internet, Fcc, Internet Politics, Comcast Net Neutrality, Internet Censorship, New Media, Media, Comcast, Comcast Interfering, Net Neutrality, FCC Comcast Hearing, Media News
Josh Silver

FCC Commissioner McDowell suggests that any FCC decision that supports Net Neutrality -- the idea that the Internet must be free and open -- is somehow tantamount to government regulation of content.

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McCain's Tech Policy Would Be Like His Computer Skills -- Yikes! -- Updated!!

Art Brodsky | Posted 09.07.2008 | Media

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Internet, John McCain, Fcc, Net Neutrality, Mccain Technology, Obama Technology, Media News
Art Brodsky

McCain's technology policy history isn't simply one of being oblivious. It would be actively harmful to our economy and our standing in the world because it would chill competition and innovation.

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The FCC's Comcast Decision: One Giant Step in a Longer March

Gigi Sohn | Posted 08.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Fcc, Comcast Interfering, Technology, Net Neutrality, Comcast Net Neutrality, FCC Comcast Hearing, Business News
Gigi Sohn

Nobody should confuse "groundbreaking precedent" with an adequate solution to the problem of broadband service providers using their bottleneck powers to pick winners and losers on the Internet.

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The FCC Set To Give The Net An Unlikely Victory

Art Brodsky | Posted 08.07.2008 | Media

Read More: Internet, Technology, Comcast Interfering, Fcc, Kevin Martin FCC, Net Neutrality, Media News
Art Brodsky

A new era for the Internet could begin on Aug. 1, when the FCC is expected to decide that Internet users have rights under the communications law.

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Comcast Unleashes the Lapdogs

Craig Aaron | Posted 08.07.2008 | Media

Read More: Kevin Martin, Fcc, Comcast, Wall Street Journal, Net Neutrality, Media News
Craig Aaron

It's the 11th hour for Comcast at the FCC. They were caught secretly blocking legal Internet traffic and lied about it. On Friday, they are expected to finally be held accountable.

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Every Major Senate Democratic Challenger Backs Network Neutrality

Open Left | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Cable Lobby, Senate Telecoms, Telecom Lobby, Democrats Senate 2008, Senate Net Neutrality, Net Neutrality, Democratic Senate Candidates, Politics News

For the last few months, we've been posting Democratic Senate challenger positions on net neutrality here at OpenLeft. Since we started posting, we'v...

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Netroots Should Tend To The Net's Roots

Art Brodsky | Posted 07.24.2008 | Media

Read More: Netroots, Internet, Technology, Fcc, Net Neutrality, Netroots Nation, Media News
Art Brodsky

No discussion of the Internet should be complete without a discussion of preserving and protecting the online environment. The big telecom and cable companies want to control which data goes faster.

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Minneapolis: Something's Happening Here

Craig Aaron | Posted 06.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Lawrence Lessig, National Conference for Media Reform, Craig Newmark, Free Press, Arianna Huffington, Net Neutrality, Minneapolis, Tim Wu, ncmr2008, Media News
Craig Aaron

This could be the first presidential election where the Internet is an issue. I don't mean using the Internet as a political tool ... I mean a bona fide election issue. There's a lot at stake.

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Washington Post Hides Corporate Interests In "Web Cop" Editorial

Art Brodsky | Posted 06.11.2008 | Media

Read More: Internet, Washington Post, Federal Communications Commission, Net Neutrality, Media News
Art Brodsky

There's a lot of mischief that cable and telephone companies can perpetrate, and it's not at all clear that the FCC would have the authority to punish them.

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Big Media Continues to Fight Against Net Neutrality

Jonathan Rintels | Posted 05.03.2008 | Media

Read More: Telecom, Fcc, Save the Net, Federal Communications Commission, Net Neutrality, Network Neutrality, Media News
Jonathan Rintels

It's time for the government to implement reasonable oversight that protects consumers and content creators, and preserves the open Internet we enjoy today.

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FCC Chief: No Need To Make Internet Regulations More Clear, Open

AP | JOHN DUNBAR | Posted 04.30.2008 | Media

Read More: Kevin Martin, Fcc, FCC Net Neutrality, Net Neutrality, Media News

WASHINGTON — Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said Tuesday his agency has all the authority it needs to prevent Internet ...

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F.C.C. Chairman: Comcast "Packing" No Big Deal

Portfolio | Sam Gustin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Harvard Law School, Comcast, Net Neutrality, Jennifer Khoury, Fcc, FCC Hearing, Network Neutrality, FCC Comcast Hearing, Business News

The Federal Communications Commission acknowledges that Comcast, the nation's largest cable company, paid people to attend last week's public meeting ...

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Comcast Floods FCC Hearing With Paid Placeholders: Critics

Portfolio | Sam Gustin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Harvard Law School, Fcc, Comcast, Jennifer Khoury, Net Neutrality, FCC Hearing, Network Neutrality, FCC Comcast Hearing, Business News

How big are the stakes in the so-called network neutrality debate now raging before Congress and federal regulators? Consider this: One side in the d...

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Comcast Actively Blocking Some Internet Traffic

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Net Neutrality, Comcast Interfering, Comcast Web, Comcast, Politics News

Comcast Corp. actively interferes with attempts by some of its high-speed Internet subscribers to share files online, a move that runs counter to the ...

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