Comments on: Apple, Spotify & the Threat of FCC High-Tech Regulation http://techliberation.com/2009/09/23/apple-spotify-fcc-threat-of-high-tech-regulation-how-did-we-get-here-again/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Sun, 27 May 2012 22:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: mike masnick - StartTags.com http://techliberation.com/2009/09/23/apple-spotify-fcc-threat-of-high-tech-regulation-how-did-we-get-here-again/comment-page-1/#comment-66146 mike masnick - StartTags.com Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:00:25 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=21819#comment-66146 <p>[...] tirelessly working to provide insight, and don't seem to be as much of a fixture on Techmeme ...Apple, Spotify & the Threat of FCC High-Tech Regulation ...Over at TechDirt, Mike Masnick has an interesting post asking Why Did Apple Approve Spotify? ... I [...]</p> [...] tirelessly working to provide insight, and don't seem to be as much of a fixture on Techmeme …Apple, Spotify & the Threat of FCC High-Tech Regulation …Over at TechDirt, Mike Masnick has an interesting post asking Why Did Apple Approve Spotify? … I [...]

]]> By: Wireless Innovation is Alive & Well: Two New Reports Set the Record Straight — Technology Liberation Front http://techliberation.com/2009/09/23/apple-spotify-fcc-threat-of-high-tech-regulation-how-did-we-get-here-again/comment-page-1/#comment-62824 Wireless Innovation is Alive & Well: Two New Reports Set the Record Straight — Technology Liberation Front Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:48:17 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=21819#comment-62824 <p>[...] regulation is increasingly in the air these days and many lawmakers and activist groups now have the mobile marketplace in their regulatory cross-hairs. Critics make a variety of claims about the wireless market [...]</p> [...] regulation is increasingly in the air these days and many lawmakers and activist groups now have the mobile marketplace in their regulatory cross-hairs. Critics make a variety of claims about the wireless market [...]

]]> By: r4 dsi http://techliberation.com/2009/09/23/apple-spotify-fcc-threat-of-high-tech-regulation-how-did-we-get-here-again/comment-page-1/#comment-65271 r4 dsi Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:09:40 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=21819#comment-65271 <p>The growing use of WebKit in iTunes today could be a step in that direction. Apple didn’t have to write separate Mac and Windows renderers for the new iTunes LP content or the new iTunes Store — they just used WebKit, which already works great on both OSes.</p> The growing use of WebKit in iTunes today could be a step in that direction. Apple didn’t have to write separate Mac and Windows renderers for the new iTunes LP content or the new iTunes Store — they just used WebKit, which already works great on both OSes.

]]> By: r4 dsi http://techliberation.com/2009/09/23/apple-spotify-fcc-threat-of-high-tech-regulation-how-did-we-get-here-again/comment-page-1/#comment-62697 r4 dsi Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:09:40 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=21819#comment-62697 <p>The growing use of WebKit in iTunes today could be a step in that direction. Apple didn’t have to write separate Mac and Windows renderers for the new iTunes LP content or the new iTunes Store — they just used WebKit, which already works great on both OSes.</p> The growing use of WebKit in iTunes today could be a step in that direction. Apple didn’t have to write separate Mac and Windows renderers for the new iTunes LP content or the new iTunes Store — they just used WebKit, which already works great on both OSes.

]]> By: The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog http://techliberation.com/2009/09/23/apple-spotify-fcc-threat-of-high-tech-regulation-how-did-we-get-here-again/comment-page-1/#comment-62527 The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:31:37 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=21819#comment-62527 <p><strong>Is Apple's iPhone the End of Innovation? Hahn & Singer on Handset Exclusivity Fears...</strong></p> <p>In a week in which neutrality regulation is making a lot of news, I hope that Robert Hahn and Hal Singer's terrific new study, "Why the iPhone Won't Last Forever and What the Government Should Do to Promote its Successor"......</p> Is Apple’s iPhone the End of Innovation? Hahn & Singer on Handset Exclusivity Fears…

In a week in which neutrality regulation is making a lot of news, I hope that Robert Hahn and Hal Singer’s terrific new study, “Why the iPhone Won’t Last Forever and What the Government Should Do to Promote its Successor”……

]]> By: Is Apple’s iPhone the End of Innovation? Hahn & Singer on Handset Exclusivity Fears — Technology Liberation Front http://techliberation.com/2009/09/23/apple-spotify-fcc-threat-of-high-tech-regulation-how-did-we-get-here-again/comment-page-1/#comment-62522 Is Apple’s iPhone the End of Innovation? Hahn & Singer on Handset Exclusivity Fears — Technology Liberation Front Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:09:55 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=21819#comment-62522 <p>[...] it’ll hardly be the end of innovation in this marketplace. And we certainly don’t need handset regulation or “device neutrality” as a solution to this non-problem.  Read Hahn and Singer’s paper for a better understanding [...]</p> [...] it’ll hardly be the end of innovation in this marketplace. And we certainly don’t need handset regulation or “device neutrality” as a solution to this non-problem.  Read Hahn and Singer’s paper for a better understanding [...]

]]> By: Google Voice & the Slippery Slope of Net Neutrality Regulation — Technology Liberation Front http://techliberation.com/2009/09/23/apple-spotify-fcc-threat-of-high-tech-regulation-how-did-we-get-here-again/comment-page-1/#comment-62473 Google Voice & the Slippery Slope of Net Neutrality Regulation — Technology Liberation Front Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:46:55 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=21819#comment-62473 <p>[...] to FCC regulation of web-based apps!  Again, this is the point we have stressed here again and again and again and again when opposing Net neutrality mandates: If you open the door to regulation on one [...]</p> [...] to FCC regulation of web-based apps!  Again, this is the point we have stressed here again and again and again and again when opposing Net neutrality mandates: If you open the door to regulation on one [...]

]]> By: dm http://techliberation.com/2009/09/23/apple-spotify-fcc-threat-of-high-tech-regulation-how-did-we-get-here-again/comment-page-1/#comment-62408 dm Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:24:44 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=21819#comment-62408 <p>Wait a minute. You keep saying that this regulatory fear will lead to <i>reduced</i> consumer choice. And now you're trotting out an example of increased consumer choice to support the argument? (Of course, you've been doing that all along with your fretting that ATT may have to give up its cozy relationship with Apple, to the benefit of consumers.)</p> Wait a minute. You keep saying that this regulatory fear will lead to reduced consumer choice. And now you're trotting out an example of increased consumer choice to support the argument? (Of course, you've been doing that all along with your fretting that ATT may have to give up its cozy relationship with Apple, to the benefit of consumers.)

]]> By: mwendy http://techliberation.com/2009/09/23/apple-spotify-fcc-threat-of-high-tech-regulation-how-did-we-get-here-again/comment-page-1/#comment-62396 mwendy Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:10:22 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=21819#comment-62396 <p>This fits in with the general theme of the administration - FDR's so-called 2nd Bill of Rights. In this instance, the right to have "...adequate...recreation."</p> This fits in with the general theme of the administration – FDR's so-called 2nd Bill of Rights. In this instance, the right to have “…adequate…recreation.”

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