// < ![CDATA[ // < ![CDATA[ DayPortPlayer.newPlayer({articleID:"22384",accSite:"WMAR",accPos:"CCTVI.NEWS.LOCAL",categoryID:"14",rootCategory:"",domain:"wmar.web.entriq.net",playerInstanceID:"24FAD9E0-DC70-2532-414F-7E6F051C4C2F",videoAdConDefID:"2",videoAdObjectID:"4",bannerAdObjectID:"5"}); // ]]> According to the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press’ First Amendment Handbook, twelve states forbid the recording of private conversations without the consent of all parties. Maryland is one of them. And now a guy who was recording his own antics on a motorcycle is [...]
Oh yeah, that was me. And a lot of others. Well, we were wrong. The mobile app store market (Apple, Android, etc) is brimming with a bonanza of micro-business opportunities for producers and consumers alike. I am consistently amazing by the range of offerings available today, the vast majority of which remain free of charge. [...]
Sorry for another job board posting, but wanted to see if anyone had any leads for this open position at the Progress & Freedom Foundation. We’re looking to hire a new Vice President of Development & Outreach to help us craft a public policy agenda for the organization and find support for it going forward. [...]
Late last week, I did a Cato podcast on the D.C. Circuit’s decision finding that Congress hasn’t given the FCC authority to regulate Internet access. Adam says it’s good and I should post it. I say it’s alright and OK, Adam, I will. One final point: I don’t like the white space that appears when [...]
In the most recent episode of the Surprisingly Free Conversations podcast, I interview Evgeny Morozov, Yahoo! Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University and contributing editor for Foreign Policy. We discuss the limits of social networks in promoting democracy. The discussion also turns to Morozov’s experience as a promoter of [...]
Friday, April 16: I’ll be moderating a PFF Capitol Hill briefing on Super-Sizing the FTC & What It Means for the Internet, Media & Advertising. My panel of FTC veterans and observers will discuss the growing powers of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). As I’ve mentioned here and here, financial reform legislation passed by the House and now pending in the [...]
Good to see so many media industry executives expressing skepticism about the idea of government subsidies for the press. Danny Glover brought to my attention this new survey by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism in association with the American Society of News Editors (ASNE) and the Radio Television Digital News Association [...]
I sometimes enjoy picking nits with or lampooning our friend Scott Cleland, but today write to point out what an excellent job he did of advocating against net neutrality regulation last week on the NewsHour. The set-up piece is interesting because of its government-centric take. Net neutrality, it says, is “a set of principles adopted [...]
I don’t place a lot of stock in polls… until they confirm what I have long believed, that is! According to this new poll by Rasmussen Reports, 53% of Americans oppose FCC regulation of the Internet. Specifically, in response to the question, “Should the Federal Communications Commission regulate the Internet like it does radio and [...]
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