Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology
As always, this year’s “State of the Net” conference features a variety of breakout sessions from which to choose and, sadly, until I figure out a way to clone myself, I can’t cover them all. So, I decided to sit in on the panel about “Antitrust in the Internet Era,” since it’s a subject I [...]
At the “State of the Net” conference this morning, Alan Murray of The Wall Street Journal interviewed Brian Roberts, Chairman & CEO of Comcast. Here are some highlights. [You can follow all of my live Tweeting at: @AdamThierer] Stresses synergies from combination of Comcast cable channels & NBC broadcast properties (ex: Golf Channel & NBC [...]
I’m attending day 2 of the 2010 “State of the Net” conference today. CDT founder Jerry Berman kicked off the show and, echoing Ithiel de sola Pool, said that the Internet is a “technology of freedom” but that it needs stewardship and protection to thrive. He specifically mentioned how First Amendment protections were vital. Jerry [...]
Panel #2 at this year’s “State of the Net” pre-conference featured a lively debate about net neutrality and investment. It included a debate between Hal Singer of Empiris LLC and Michael Livermore of the New York University Law School. It also featured the comments of Markham Erickson of the Open Internet Coalition and Christopher Yoo [...]
FCC Commissioners Michael Copps and Meredith Attwell Baker kicked off the 2010 Congressional Internet Caucus “State of the Net” conference this afternoon with two brief keynote addresses. Below I’ve summarized the highlights here from my live Tweeting at the event (@AdamThierer): Commissioner Copps • “every great challenge this country faces… has a broadband component at [...]
February 14, 2012
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