Executives from Facebook and Google testified about competition and privacy before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy and Consumer Rights. The witnesses responded to que…
1,622 viewsAttorneys talked about the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) 3-2 vote in favor of rule changes that reclassify high-speed broadband as a public utility, The change was intended to prev…
325 viewsLegal experts debated the implications of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) plans for “Open Internet” rules and wireless broadcast spectrum auctions. The FCC the previous day had…
498 viewsPanelists talked about the future of the Internet following a D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling. The ruling stated that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) doesn’t have authority …
816 viewsMarc Rotenberg talked about Google’s new privacy policy, which allows the company to share all of the personal data it has from more than 1 billion users across all of its services. Attorney…
612 viewsMarkham Erickson talked two congressional bills, SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect Intellectual Property Act), that aim to stop Internet piracy. Topics included the recent shut…
312 viewsActivists talked about the potential consequences if the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) were to be approved by Congress. Both pieces of legislation were similar …
433 viewsCongresswoman Marsha Blackburn, and representatives from Internet companies, broadband providers, and consumer groups reacted to Federal Communications (FCC) Chair Julius Genachowski’s draft…
232 viewsPanelists spoke about a proposed merger between Comcast and NBC Universal. They talked about a number of implications of the merger including changes in online video distribution, Internet c…
407 viewsSeveral perspectives were given on the decision on Tuesday, April 6, 2010, by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in the case “Comcast Corporation v. Fede…
224 viewsScott Cleland and Markham Erickson talked about the current debate over proposed “net neutrality” rules by the Federal Communications Commission. NetCompetition.org promotes a free market ap…
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