Awesome: “Because it takes a village to take a village.” That’s brilliant. For those who don’t follow the Democratic race incessantly, context is here and here.
March 2008
Was yesterday’s groundbreaking deal between BitTorrent and Comcast on network management a triumph for regulation? That’s the storyline being widely peddled in the wake of yesterday’s announcement that the two would work together to solve network management problems. At first, it looked like the announcement might signal an end to FCC involvement in the dispute.. [...]
DHS Assistant Secretary for Policy Stewart Baker has ramped up his blogging about REAL ID on the DHS Leadership blog. Accordingly, I’ve ramped up mine on Cato@Liberty. Here are pointers to the latest, in which I: correct his security thinking and REAL ID histrionicstout his capitulation to Montana’s governorexpose his failure to make an affirmative [...]
I found this aside from Dean Baker interesting: I have had a policy of never commenting on news stories that mention me or CEPR to avoid the obvious problem of a conflict of interest on this blog. I complain to reporters directly if I think they misrepresented my comments. Can somebody explain what the conflict [...]
A great post by Tom Lee. In a preceding post, he had pointed out (without getting into details) how easy it was to extract unencrypted MP3s from a couple of neat but legally-questionable music-sharing websites. He got some angry comments from folks who accused him of being a kill joy. He responds: I don’t consider [...]
Interesting piece today by equity analyst Scott Berry on a site called seekingalpha.com. Addressing the ongoing Comcast-Bittorrent imbroglio, he argues that ISPs are have promised an all-you-can-eat “broadband salad bar” at a fixed price. But that the model, he points out is breaking down due to increased demand. As he puts it: …the growth of [...]
I’ve finally had a chance to flip through the FISA amendments the House passed a couple of weeks ago. The most striking thing about the bill is how long it is. At 120 pages, it’s twice as long as the RESTORE Act the House passed last fall. And frankly, I’m not sure it’s an improvement, [...]
Comcast and BitTorrent are working together to improve the delivery of video files on Comcast’s broadband network. Rather than slow traffic by certain types of applications — such as file-sharing software or companies like BitTorrent — Comcast will slow traffic for those users who consume the most bandwidth, said Comcast’s [Chief Technology Officer, Tony] Warner. [...]
Listening to this latest panel at the 2008 Tech Policy Summit has given me a great idea. This panel is focusing on the topic of privacy and features: Kara Swisher, Co-Executive Editor, AllThingsD.com (Session Host) Leslie Harris, President and CEO, Center for Democracy & Technology Joanne McNabb, Chief, California Office of Privacy Protection Jules Polonetsky, [...]
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