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kkholland

Could Court's Campaign Finance Ruling Affect Net Neutrality? - PCWorld - 0 views

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Net Neutrality citizens united free speech Internet Service Provider ISP

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  • Under the FCC's proposed net neutrality rules, broadband providers would be prohibited from discriminating against any legal Web content and applications. Some net neutrality opponents have argued that the FCC, by forcing them to carry other content, would violate their free-speech rights, and the Citizens United ruling makes that a stronger argument.
  • An FCC spokeswoman declined to comment on the Citizens United case, but Wendy is not alone in making this free-speech argument against net neutrality. Even before the Citizens United ruling, some conservative think tanks, the National Cable and Telecommunications Association and constitutional law professor Laurence Tribe have made similar
  • Free Press' Wright said those arguments confuse the role that ISPs have as Web site publishers with their role as network operators. She acknowledged that broadband providers have limited functions, such as publishing their own Web sites or blogs, that enjoy free-speech rights.
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  • But the net neutrality rules as proposed would create no limits on the ability of ISPs to publish their own Web sites, she said. The arguments that the ISPs' traffic-carrying role is speech is "so fundamentally at odds with the facts in the law," Wright said.
  • kkholland on 01 Feb 10
     
    Will the Citizens United ruling impact net neutrality? This article explores the arguments on both sides, as well as the role of an ISP.
Alex Markov

Global video game sales fell 7 percent in 2009 - 0 views

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  • Alex Markov on 09 Feb 10
     
    Video game software sales across the world's three largest markets--the United States, Japan, and the United Kingdom--fell 8 percent in 2009, according to a joint report issued Wednesday by a consortium of industry analyst firms.
Rebekah Pure

Associated Press announces unit to enable new products and services from news idustry c... - 0 views

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journalism industry news Associated Press technology

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  • Rebekah Pure on 27 Feb 10
     
    The Associated Press is creating a strategic business unit to come up with fresh experiences for news on the web, mobile phones, tablets, and e-readers.
Theresa de los Santos

Disney Said to Be Seeking a Buyer for Its Miramax Unit - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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Disney Miramax Film Library Acquisition Sale

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  • Theresa de los Santos on 06 Feb 10
     
    The Walt Disney Company has been quietly shopping what remains of its Miramax film unit and has attracted seven to 10 interested bidders, according to a mergers and acquisitions expert with knowledge of the process.
Ryan Fuller

Disney Said to Be Seeking a Buyer for Its Miramax Unit - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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2010 Disney Miramax sale

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  • Ryan Fuller on 01 Feb 10
     
    The Walt Disney Company has been quietly shopping what remains of its Miramax film unit and has attracted seven to 10 interested bidders, according to a mergers and acquisitions expert with knowledge of the process.
kkholland

Op-Ed Contributor - Ending the Internet's Trench Warfare - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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Internet regulation competition United States FCC National Broadcast Plan International Internet Speeds International Internet Pricing

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  • Affordability is the hard part — because there is no competition pushing down prices. The plan acknowledges that only 15 percent of homes will have a choice in providers, and then only between Verizon’s FiOS fiber-optic network and the local cable company. (AT&T’s “fiber” offering is merely souped-up DSL transmitted partly over its old copper wires, which can’t compete at these higher speeds.) The remaining 85 percent will have no choice at all.
  • significant reason that other countries had managed to both expand access and lower rates over the last decade was a commitment to open-access policies, requiring companies that build networks to sell access to rivals that then invest in, and compete on, the network.
  • These countries realize that innovation happens in electronics and services — not in laying cable.
  • kkholland on 21 Mar 10
     
    Op Ed Exploring the rates and speeds available in other countries, and the fact that the United States has among the slowest speeds and the highest prices of advanced economies. Also discusses the proposed FCC National Broadband Plan.
Ryan Fuller

Link by Link - A Vision of Iceland as a Haven for Journalists - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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2010 Iceland journalism initiative

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  • Ryan Fuller on 22 Feb 10
     
    The Icelandic Modern Media Initiative, combines in a single piece of legislation provisions from around the world: whistle-blower laws and rules about Internet providers from the United States; source protection laws from Belgium; freedom of information laws from Estonia and Scotland, among others; and New York State's law to counteract "libel tourism," the practice of suing in courts, like Britain's, where journalists have the hardest time prevailing.
chris_seaman

Heirs to Sherlock Holmes Face Web of Ownership Issues - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • chris_seaman on 19 Jan 10
     
    Discusses the copyright issues in the United States regarding the use of Sherlock Holmes, and how the changes in copyright law over the years have played a part.
scwalton

Op-Ed Contributor - Ending the Internet's Trench Warfare - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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FCC 2010 Broadcast Spectrum Broadband Internet

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  • scwalton on 21 Mar 10
     
    "The Federal Communications Commission's National Broadband Plan, announced last week, is aimed at providing nearly universal, affordable broadband service by 2020. And while it takes many admirable steps - including very important efforts toward opening space in the broadcast spectrum - it does not address the source of the access problem: without a major policy shift to increase competition, broadband service in the United States will continue to lag far behind the rest of the developed world."
anonymous

British Online Copyright Laws Draw Debates - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • Theresa de los Santos on 07 Mar 10
     
    "An article published in, The Guardian, discusses a debate taking place in the British Parliament around a new "digital economy bill. One amendment in particular is stirring a lot of discussion about its impact on content online. The Guardian writes: The new proposal - which was passed in the House of Lords by 165 votes to 140 - gives a high court judge the right to issue an injunction against a Web site accused of hosting a "substantial" amount of copyright infringing material, potentially forcing the entire site offline. Critics say the major problem with this amendment is that ajudge could shut down a Web site because of copyright infringement, even if thesite's manager didn't put the content online."
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    An article published on Thursday in, The Guardian, discusses a debate taking place in the British Parliament around a new "digital economy bill." One amendment in particular is stirring a lot of discussion about its impact on content online. The Guardian writes: The new proposal - which was passed in the House of Lords by 165 votes to 140 - gives a high court judge the right to issue an injunction against a Web site accused of hosting a "substantial" amount of copyright infringing material, potentially forcing the entire site offline. Critics say the major problem with this amendment is that a judge could  shut down a Web site  because of copyright infringement, even if the site's manager didn't put the content online. What is left unanswered is how a company can be held accountable for every piece of content placed on its site.  Many critics of this bill and others in Europe say it is most likely to result in the stifling of creativity, innovation and free speech. In the United States, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act offers some protection against liability to Internet service providers and Web sites that host copyrighted material uploaded by third parties.
scwalton

CNN Mobile Available On FLO TV Services, But Not Verizon Wireless - 2010-03-12 05:01:00... - 0 views

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    "When AT&T debuted its Mobile TV service with FLO in May 2008, the carrier touted the fact that it had "exclusive" rights to CNN Mobile as provided through the Qualcomm unit. In other words, the channel was unavailable to subscribers of Verizon Wireless, which also offers a mobile TV service provided by FLO."
Theresa de los Santos

US Troops Can Now Use Facebook, Twitter and Other Social Media Sites | Navy SEALs Blog ... - 0 views

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  • Theresa de los Santos on 28 Feb 10
     
    The Pentagon made an announcement that it is authorizing the use of Twitter, Facebook, and other sites classified as "Web 2.0" across the U.S. military, according to a report by Reuters. The article mentioned that the Pentagon said that "the benefits of social media outweighed security concerns."
michael curtin

News Units at ABC and CBS Try to Navigate Uncertain Times - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Explains strategic challenges faced by bc network news. NBC in strongest position, while ABC and CBS consider merger with CNN. Pressures toward cost cutting and consolidation in the industry. But where will growth come from?
scwalton

Open Technology Initiative | NewAmerica.net - 0 views

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Media Policy Open Source Internet New America Foundation

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  • scwalton on 12 Jan 10
     
    "The New America Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy institute that invests in new thinkers and new ideas to address the next generation of challenges facing the United States....The Internet was built on Open Source Innovation. We intend to keep it that way."
kkholland

Chinese Media, Bloggers Ask: Is Google Really Saying Goodbye? - NAM - 0 views

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  • Google said on Tuesday that it was considering shutting down Google.cn and closing its offices in China after a cyber attack on its corporate infrastructure resulted in intellectual property loss. Google also said it would stop censoring search results on Google.cn. For the first time, reports and images of the Tiananmen Square massacre and other events could be seen through Google searches in China.
  • Chinese American media rushing to provide their analysis in the context of U.S.-China relations. “Google, Don’t become a tool in the political fight between the U.S. and China” read the headline of an editorial published Friday in China Press. “Though Obama tried to adapt to China’s increasingly powerful role in the world with a new attitude and said the United States would not repress China’s development, the differences in ideology between the countries continue to prohibit the U.S.-China relationship from moving forward,” the editorial argued.
  • “If the Chinese government just let it go, Google could stop its financial losses in China, which would be beneficial to its share price. If the Chinese government is willing to compromise, Google will become the ‘hero’ that breaks China’s strict control over Internet information.” Chinese investors, Leung noted, believe the absence of Google will actually benefit the local Internet market; the stock prices of Chinese Internet companies rose right after the announcement was made.
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  • Editors of the World Journal said they were happy to see Google defend the freedom of online information without censorship, describing it as “an act of courage.” A popular column in World Journal contends that it is time for the Chinese government to change in order to develop into a truly strong country. “A real strong country is not just strong economically,” the column argues. “It also needs development in people’s values, in order to build a healthy and principled system, and abolish the current zero-tolerance policy on dissident expression.”
  • An editorial written by Feng Lei of Guangzhou’s Southern Metropolis Daily doubts if Beijing is willing to let go of Google. “A company like Google not only serves as a technology leader in China’s domestic market, but also, by virtue of its presence, has a ‘catfish effect’ [raising overall performance in the industry]. Without this presence and effect, there will be a definite impact on the development of the industry domestically.”
  • A news analysis in China Times describes the announcement as a tactic for Google to gain more freedom in China.
  • The most popular blogger in China, Han Han, also expressed his support for Google. He wrote on his blog, “I understand Google’s decision, whether it is for real or not. What I don’t understand is that some Web sites conducted surveys saying that 70 percent of Internet users do not support Google’s request that the Chinese government stop its censorship. While looking at these survey results on the government Web site, you often find yourself on the opposite side,” adding that these Web sites should be the ones to be censored.
  • A blog on Baidu.com, Google’s biggest competitor in China, said, “The tone of the top Google legal advisor disgusts me. He could have said that they are withdrawing for economic reasons, plain and simple. Instead, they have to make themselves look good by saying that Google was attacked by Chinese people, that Gmail accounts of Chinese dissidents were attacked, and so on in order to explain why they are withdrawing from China. This type of tone is an insult to the intelligence of ordinary Chinese citizens.”
  • The reason Google is having a hard time in China, she argued, is that there is a mismatch between American ideology and Chinese management style. “In the Chinese market, Google has no intention of adjusting itself to adapt to the Chinese situation, but works according to its own ideology,” she writes. “That’s why, under media exposure during the anti-pornography campaign, Google could barely handle the situation and had to change its leadership in China.”
  • kkholland on 17 Jan 10
     
    Discussion of whether Google will leave China with comments from Chinese bloggers and media analysts.
chris_seaman

FT.com / UK / Business - Ofcom to revisit TV advertising rules - 0 views

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    UK regulators are considering relaxing rules that require public service broadcaster to sell advertising in their allotted commercial time at any cost.
ethan tussey

'United States of Tara' Adds Web Personality - 2010-03-29 04:00:00 | Broadcasting & Cable - 0 views

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2010 internet Television Transmedia Storytelling

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