Comments on: Cutting the Video Cord: Pro-Regulatory NYT Realizes “Cable Freedom Is a Click Away”

By: Free Press Calls on Feds to Halt TV Innovation — Technology Liberation Front

Free Press Calls on Feds to Halt TV Innovation — Technology Liberation Front — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:25:18 +0000

[...] video distributors a chance to find their footing as millions of consumers continue to “cut the video cord.” And it would provide consumers with ubiquitous access to content over the Internet while [...]

By: OK… It’s True, Media “Gatekeepers” Really Are Evil! — Technology Liberation Front

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:28:46 +0000

[...] industry has admitted it, I guess I finally can, too: Hulu, far from being the key to “cable freedom” is just another evil plot by an evil industry to control us all—with the help of [...]

By: Cutting the Video Cord: “Apple TV” 2.0 + Disney & CBS — Technology Liberation Front

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:53:03 +0000

[...] BITS blog recently declared that ”Cable Freedom Is a Click Away.” And yet, as Berin recently noted, when the DC Circuit struck down the FCC’s outdated 30% cap on the number of homes a single [...]

By: Facebook Privacy Controls Change & EPIC’s FTC Complaint — Technology Liberation Front

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:21:37 +0000

[...] the Changes to the Privacy Settings.” Thanks, EPIC, for proving my point: users are not helpless sheep; they are actually capable of packing their bags and walking if they don’t like the deal [...]

By: Congresswoman, CALM Thyself! LA Times Eschews Eshoo Nanny State Bill to Regulate Ad Volume — Technology Liberation Front

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:09:31 +0000

[...] controls to mute commercials or use DVRs to skip them completely, we are also apparently all too stupid to figure out that we don’t actually need to pay hundreds or even thousands of dollars a year to find the [...]

By: MikeRT

MikeRT — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:47:52 +0000

The 30% cap only served to give us the market conditions we have in Northern Virginia where some counties have Cox and some have Comcast, but ne'er do the two compete.

By: MikeRT

MikeRT — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:47:52 +0000

The 30% cap only served to give us the market conditions we have in Northern Virginia where some counties have Cox and some have Comcast, but ne'er do the two compete.

By: Berin Szoka

Berin Szoka — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:10:33 +0000

Fair enough, Mike. The Times, they are a-changin'!

By: Michael Masnick

Michael Masnick — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:50:39 +0000

Minor point, but Bilton *just* started with the Times, like a week ago. So he wasn't around when they wrote that opinion piece.