Comments on: Lessig and Corruption at the FCC http://techliberation.com/2007/10/04/lessig-and-corruption-at-the-fcc/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:02:31 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jim Lippard http://techliberation.com/2007/10/04/lessig-and-corruption-at-the-fcc/comment-page-1/#comment-48376 Jim Lippard Fri, 05 Oct 2007 19:29:29 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/10/04/lessig-and-corruption-at-the-fcc/#comment-48376 How can this be readily enforced, when there is a constant flow of personnel from regulator to lobbyist? Trying to put a cap on information leaks seems to me futile, and you'd be better off making the regulator's actions more transparent and public than trying to keep a lid on it.<br><br>If the problem is “multiple stakeholders generally knew when the commission scheduled votes on proposed rules well before the FCC notified the public," then make the vote schedules public immediately upon scheduling. How can this be readily enforced, when there is a constant flow of personnel from regulator to lobbyist? Trying to put a cap on information leaks seems to me futile, and you’d be better off making the regulator’s actions more transparent and public than trying to keep a lid on it.

If the problem is “multiple stakeholders generally knew when the commission scheduled votes on proposed rules well before the FCC notified the public,” then make the vote schedules public immediately upon scheduling.

]]> By: Jim Lippard http://techliberation.com/2007/10/04/lessig-and-corruption-at-the-fcc/comment-page-1/#comment-39490 Jim Lippard Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:29:29 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/10/04/lessig-and-corruption-at-the-fcc/#comment-39490 How can this be readily enforced, when there is a constant flow of personnel from regulator to lobbyist? Trying to put a cap on information leaks seems to me futile, and you'd be better off making the regulator's actions more transparent and public than trying to keep a lid on it. If the problem is “multiple stakeholders generally knew when the commission scheduled votes on proposed rules well before the FCC notified the public," then make the vote schedules public immediately upon scheduling. How can this be readily enforced, when there is a constant flow of personnel from regulator to lobbyist? Trying to put a cap on information leaks seems to me futile, and you’d be better off making the regulator’s actions more transparent and public than trying to keep a lid on it.

If the problem is “multiple stakeholders generally knew when the commission scheduled votes on proposed rules well before the FCC notified the public,” then make the vote schedules public immediately upon scheduling.

]]> By: MikeT http://techliberation.com/2007/10/04/lessig-and-corruption-at-the-fcc/comment-page-1/#comment-48375 MikeT Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:36:11 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/10/04/lessig-and-corruption-at-the-fcc/#comment-48375 How about the staff who released this information go to prison for a year or two. That might make public corruption look a lot less fun. While we're on the topic of public corruption, the only way that you are going to clear it up on a large scale is to make it so costly that no lobbyist would ever want to break the rules. Therefore, I suggest either life in prison or capital punishment for attempting to use bribery to influence legislation or the awarding of a contract. How about the staff who released this information go to prison for a year or two. That might make public corruption look a lot less fun. While we’re on the topic of public corruption, the only way that you are going to clear it up on a large scale is to make it so costly that no lobbyist would ever want to break the rules. Therefore, I suggest either life in prison or capital punishment for attempting to use bribery to influence legislation or the awarding of a contract.

]]> By: MikeT http://techliberation.com/2007/10/04/lessig-and-corruption-at-the-fcc/comment-page-1/#comment-39489 MikeT Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:36:11 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/10/04/lessig-and-corruption-at-the-fcc/#comment-39489 How about the staff who released this information go to prison for a year or two. That might make public corruption look a lot less fun. While we're on the topic of public corruption, the only way that you are going to clear it up on a large scale is to make it so costly that no lobbyist would ever want to break the rules. Therefore, I suggest either life in prison or capital punishment for attempting to use bribery to influence legislation or the awarding of a contract. How about the staff who released this information go to prison for a year or two. That might make public corruption look a lot less fun. While we’re on the topic of public corruption, the only way that you are going to clear it up on a large scale is to make it so costly that no lobbyist would ever want to break the rules. Therefore, I suggest either life in prison or capital punishment for attempting to use bribery to influence legislation or the awarding of a contract.

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