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November 1, 2007
What’s the Frequency Kevin?
These days, music lovers, talk radio junkies, and sports aficionados have more choices than ever when it comes to ways to access their favorite content.
October 25, 2007
Rural Access Robbery
If you need more proof that Federal Communications Commission (FCC) telecom regulations and rate structures are out-of-touch with the digital communications era, you only need to go to Riceville, Iowa.
October 18, 2007
What’s to Blame: Patents or Poverty?
When the latest Intel or AMD GigaWOW computer chip is introduced, it is too expensive for all but the most demanding customers.
October 11, 2007
Pirates Plundering the U.S. Economy
The Institute for Policy Innovation’s newest report, “The True Cost of Copyright Industry Piracy to the U.
September 27, 2007
Most Wanted—Someone Else's Property
This week is the annual General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which was set up to administer the 1883 Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property and the 1883 Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works.
September 20, 2007
And Now a Word from our Sponsors…
In a few weeks the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will hold a town hall meeting to examine the public policy issues involved in “online behavioral advertising.
September 13, 2007
Time to Make the Internet Tax Moratorium Permanent
For the fourth time in nine years Congress is again struggling with whether taxes that discriminate against electronic commerce should be allowed.
September 6, 2007
Government Regulation: The Real "Handcuffs"
There has been some complaining lately about the business models of the wireless companies—mostly driven by those who want to own an Apple iPhone, but who don’t want to be tied to AT&T as a service provider.
August 30, 2007
Up Front About Frontline
Reed Hundt never got around to smothering the wireless industry with regulations while he was chairman of the FCC, and the wireless industry thrived as a result.