Publication Type
March 24, 2011
Another Lesson in Property Rights for Google
On Tuesday, more than a year after hearing the case, U.
March 3, 2011
Phone Pimps
Could it be that more people in South Dakota pay for pornography than any other demographic? What could possibly explain this behavior? Oddly, the rural phone service providers in the Mount Rushmore State seem to have some explaining to do.
February 18, 2011
We Really Mean It--Hands Off the Internet
Admittedly, we’ve been pretty critical of many policy stances taken by Google over the past several years.
January 27, 2011
So Chavez Hears Us Now?
It’s commonly understood that the world watches closely what the U.
January 13, 2011
Dissing Mobile Communications
Last week the California Supreme Court ruled that a police officer may pilfer the contents of a mobile phone (or presumably a PDA, net book, notebook or wallet) without a warrant merely because the person carrying it is arrested.
December 20, 2010
What the FCC SHOULD Be Doing Tomorrow
Last week, The Wall Street Journal headline read “Companies Cling to Cash.
December 9, 2010
Almost Time to Act on ACTA
As we watch defenders of Wikileaks committing cyber-vandalism on websites from VISA, Mastercard, Paypal, and even the government of Sweden, most reasonable people recognize that the hackers’ vandalism undermines their professed high moral ground and reinforces the general conclusion that Wikileaks itself is simply a form of cyber-vandalism.
December 2, 2010
"Enhanced" Bail-out
You may have noticed that several states added additional taxes to phone bills in the last few years.
November 24, 2010
FCC in Wonderland
Even before the slumber-inducing effects of post-turkey tryptophan set in, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) seems to be gazing through the looking glass.
November 18, 2010
FCC Merger Mania
Although announced almost a year ago, the proposed merger of Comcast and NBC Universal is still stalled at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), one of the two federal agencies that must say it’s OK for the two businesses to merge.