Comments on: Net Neutrality, Slippery Slopes & High-Tech Mutually Assured Destruction

By: A Response to Andrew McLaughlin on Net Neutrality & “Freedom”

A Response to Andrew McLaughlin on Net Neutrality & “Freedom” — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 19:04:31 +0000

[...] Net Neutrality, Slippery Slopes & High-Tech Mutually Assured Destruction [...]

By: Why Adam Ebbin Is Wrong About Ken Cuccinelli & Net Neutrality « Red Alexandria

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:40:46 +0000

[...] make the Internet less open or free. In short, the Internet isn’t broken. And it doesn’t need a government fix. No matter. The left presses ahead, because the facts are irrelevant. The goal is to put government [...]

By: Google under Siege in the Corporate State | Cato @ Liberty

Google under Siege in the Corporate State | Cato @ Liberty — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 03:10:00 +0000

[...] Meanwhile, along with Skype and others, Google wants the FCC to impose "openness" mandates on wireless networks that would allow the agency to dictate terms of service. It's no surprise, then, that the cable, telco, and wireless crowd are firing back and now hinting we need "search neutrality" to constrain the search giant's growing market power. File it under "mutually assured destruction" for the Information Age. [...]

By: Understanding the Costs of Regulation

Understanding the Costs of Regulation — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:32:38 +0000

[...] telecom markets and it’s one of the reasons many of us are concerned about new, open-ended Net neutrality mandates. The FCC’s new Net neutrality regime leaves so much unbounded discretion to the [...]

By: Jesse Kline: FCC imposes net restrictions and calls it freedom | Full Comment | National Post

Thu, 23 Dec 2010 16:54:06 +0000

[...] FCC also has an incentive to expand its mandate. Originally intended to regulate broadcasters, it has been working hard to extend its reach to [...]

By: Two Scathing Dissents on the FCC’s Illegal, Unnecessary & Harmful Net Neutrality Order

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 18:18:21 +0000

[...] the end, as Adam Thierer and I have warned, the FCC is heading down path towards “mutually assured destruction,” opening the door to endless regulatory battles among the Internet’s many [...]

By: Net Neutrality: A Christmas Gift for Washington Lawyers & Lobbyists

Net Neutrality: A Christmas Gift for Washington Lawyers & Lobbyists — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:40:39 +0000

[...] Well, there really isn’t anything left to be said about Net Neutrality regulation that hasn’t already been said a million times before. Yes, it is the most important technology policy battle of our time, but man, I am sick of it! Anyway, I’ve summarized the “The 5-Part Case against Net Neutrality Regulation” here before, so consult that for details, as well as this paper by Berin Szoka and me, “Net Neutrality, Slippery Slopes & High-Tech Mutually Assured Destruction.” [...]

By: FCC Pulls a Fast One on Net Neutrality, Presenting New Regulations as Fait Accompli to GOP Congress

Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:39:28 +0000

[...] In essence, Genachowski is asserting that, despite what the pesky DC Circuit thinks, he already has the authority to impose net neutrality regulation—so reclassification of broadband from deregulated Title I to common-carriage Title II is unnecessary. Talk about an agency freed from its congressional tether! See you in court, Mr. Chairman! And while we duke this out in court, infrastructure investment will stagnate—and consumers will suffer. As Charlie predicted: Reclassification under the “Third Way” will also be the beginning of the Internet’s “Lost Decade” (or more) of stymied investment, innovation, and job creation as all sides do battle over the legality of reclassification and its implementation. To paraphrase President John Adams: “Great is the guilt of an unnecessary regulatory war.” [...]

By: Les lobbies font leur loi : de la neutralité des moteurs de recherche | ReadWriteWeb France

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 06:32:21 +0000

[...] de l’Etat Américain (soupçonné de socialisme à l’ère Obama) de sur-régulation, laquelle mènerait à un armaguedon d’inspiration communiste où les acteurs de l’économie numérique s’entre [...]

By: Government vs. Google « Internet Freedom Coalition

Government vs. Google « Internet Freedom Coalition — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:00:11 +0000

[...] the “business community’s suicidal impulse” — and will ultimately lead to the equivalent of mutual assured destruction. Ultimately, it’s consumers and American technological leadership that will suffer most in the [...]

By: We Need “New York Times Neutrality”—NOT!

We Need “New York Times Neutrality”—NOT! — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:13:54 +0000

[...] Net Neutrality, Slippery Slopes & High-Tech Mutually Assured Destruction – by Berin Szoka & Adam Thierer [...]

By: What the Oil Spill Really Says About Net Neutrality: Regulatory Capture v. the Nirvana Fallacy

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 03:15:09 +0000

[...] “mutually assured destruction” made inevitable by the sweeping, prophylactic neutrality regulations Free Press demands, [...]

By: “The Rise and Fall of Information Empires” & Constant Growth of Regulation

Sun, 23 May 2010 20:11:16 +0000

[...] us down in intellectual slippery slope that, as Adam and I have suggested, will result in “High-Tech Mutually Assured Destruction” and the death of Real Internet [...]

By: 2010: The Year of “Everything Neutrality”

2010: The Year of “Everything Neutrality” — Sun, 23 May 2010 19:15:38 +0000

[...] to get government more involved in regulating Internet back in October in a PFF paper entitled Net Neutrality, Slippery Slopes & High-Tech Mutually Assured Destruction: If Internet regulation follows the same course as other industries, the FCC and/or lawmakers will [...]

By: 3 Upcoming Events: Super-Sizing the FTC (4/16), FTC v. Google on AdMob (4/15) & Must-Carry (4/27)

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:21:50 +0000

[...] The importance of this case extends far beyond cable and broadcast regulation, since it concerns how the government deals with “gatekeepers” who supposedly exercise “bottleneck” power. If that sounds familiar, it’s because that’s the basic rationale behind all sorts of past and proposed regulation, from net neutrality to search neutrality, app neutrality and beyond, as Adam and I have noted. [...]

By: The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog

The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:50:25 +0000

Did You Say You Wanted Another Editorial on the Comcast Decision?!...

Well, you got it! Here's a essay of mine that The Daily Caller ran today discussing the ramifications of the decision. ___________ Internet freedom got a reprieve Tuesday when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia slapped......

By: Did You Say You Wanted Another Editorial on the Comcast Decision?!

Did You Say You Wanted Another Editorial on the Comcast Decision?! — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:48:09 +0000

[...] opportunity to reopen the Telecom Act, they should tightly limit the powers of the FCC and make a strong stand in defense of Internet [...]

By: FCC’s Genachowski Promises He’s Not Out to Regulate Net, New Media « Internet Freedom Coalition

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:02:39 +0000

[...] and what he likes to think of as “the Internet” (which he promises not to regulate). But as we warned last October, the day after the FCC launched this NPRM: The promise made yesterday by the FCC—to only apply [...]

By: Why Obama is Wrong about Net Neutrality and His Scheme Must Be Defeated | techlobbyist

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:07:45 +0000

By: FCC’s Genachowski Promises He’s Not Out to Regulate Net, New Media

FCC’s Genachowski Promises He’s Not Out to Regulate Net, New Media — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:16:38 +0000

[...] he likes to think of as “the Internet” (which he promises not to regulate). But as we warned last October, the day after the FCC launched this NPRM: The promise made yesterday by the FCC—to only apply [...]

By: Final Hearing on Google Books Settlement on February 18—But Not On Web?

Final Hearing on Google Books Settlement on February 18—But Not On Web? — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:48:46 +0000

[...] the years to come than just any tech policy issue currently under discussion. (I’d say only net neutrality, privacy regulation and media socialization would fall into the same tier of such [...]

By: Public sector tender specialists - ways2win

Public sector tender specialists - ways2win — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:09:50 +0000

Public sector tender specialists - ways2win...

Public Sector tendes are open to challenge, you won't be awarded a contract because they like you, can omly award it on marks, and they can only mark what they can see...

By: More on the Independence of Genachowski’s FCC — Technology Liberation Front

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:28:44 +0000

[...] as Alfred Kahn, a Carter appointee, have long recognized that the FCC is particularly vulnerable to “regulatory capture” by special interests. That’s why the FCC requires disclose of all “ex parte” meetings between [...]

By: Our Topsy-Turvy Tech World — Technology Liberation Front

Our Topsy-Turvy Tech World — Technology Liberation Front — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:33:25 +0000

[...] Uh, yeah, well never mind… As Adam and I have noted: [...]

By: WEEK 14: December 7th – Net Neutrality Discussion « EDT 585: Open Pedagogy – a new paradigm for teaching and learning

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:09:04 +0000

[...] Does the FCC have the jurisdiction to do what it’s doing with net neutrality EFF: http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/09/net-neutrality-fcc-perils-and-promise & Tech Crunch: http://techliberation.com/2009/10/23/net-neutrality-slippery-slopes-high-tech-mutually-assured-destr... [...]

By: Net Neutrality Regulation & the First Amendment — Technology Liberation Front

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:12:17 +0000

[...] Simply stated, the Internet’s First Amendment is the First Amendment, not some new, top-down, heavy-handed regulatory regime that puts the Federal Communications Commission in control of the Digital [...]

By: andrewkatz

andrewkatz — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:06:48 +0000

And what happens next is that the incumbents like and welcome the regulation. This creates a cozy oligopoly and as the incumbents encourage the regulator to regulate more, the barrier to entry for new players becomes ever higher.

By: davidkarlin

davidkarlin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:31:30 +0000

Trouble is, voluntary, non-political organisations can be known to be seriously toothless.

I run a small website, www.bachtrack.com (just the two of us in the business). Looking at the logs this morning, I can see three clear attempts at hacking. In theory, I should be able to go to the whois database, find out the "abuse" contact, and complain.

In practise, it's a self-regulated system, the e-mail addresses in whois are often wrong, and e-mails of complaint are simply met with a brick wall or a "it's someone else's problem".

If the non-political organisations want more responsibility, they need to be more active on the difficult stuff. But then they would probably become politicised...

By: andrewkatz

andrewkatz — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:06:48 +0000

By: davidkarlin

davidkarlin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:31:30 +0000