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Full-Text Articles in Communications Law
You Said What? The Perils Of Content-Based Regulation Of Public Broadcast Underwriting Acknowledgments, Andrew D. Cotlar
You Said What? The Perils Of Content-Based Regulation Of Public Broadcast Underwriting Acknowledgments, Andrew D. Cotlar
Federal Communications Law Journal
Public broadcast stations in the United States are forbidden to air promotional announcements in exchange for payment from commercial entities. However, these stations must acknowledge any financial contribution from donors that support particular programs without promoting the goods and services offered by those donors. While the FCC has attempted to maintain the conceptual distinction between promotional and nonpromotional information, it has struggled to apply this distinction within the context of an evolution in advertising practice.
As a result, many noncommercial educational licensees find it difficult to apply the FCC's rules. A careful analysis of how the FCC underwriting determinations yields …
Municipal Broadband: Challenges And Perspectives, Craig Dingwall
Municipal Broadband: Challenges And Perspectives, Craig Dingwall
Federal Communications Law Journal
This Article reviews the status and challenges of municipal broadband and provides recommendations for responsible municipal broadband deployment. The Author reviews broadband demand; possible justifications for and the status of municipal broadband deployment; speed, feature, and price considerations; regulatory and technical issues; and relevant laws and legislation. The Author offers specific national policy recommendations and concludes that government/industry partnerships offer perhaps the best solution for municipal broadband deployment where broadband needs aren't met.
Analyzing The World Bank's Blueprint For Promoting "Information And Communications", Sherille Ismail
Analyzing The World Bank's Blueprint For Promoting "Information And Communications", Sherille Ismail
Federal Communications Law Journal
Book Review: Information and Communications for Development 2006: Global Trends and Policies, issued by the World Bank.
This Review provides a summary and brief analysis of foreign private investment, the book's blueprint for reform, and how investments have fared in promoting economic growth and reducing poverty. The book is a valuable asset for governments, scholars, investors, and the international community seeking to serve end users in developing countries.
Broadcast Technology As Diversity Opportunity: Exchanging Market Power For Multiplexed Signal Set- Asides, Michael M. Epstein
Broadcast Technology As Diversity Opportunity: Exchanging Market Power For Multiplexed Signal Set- Asides, Michael M. Epstein
Federal Communications Law Journal
This Article proposes an access system based on a theory of quid pro quo: a bargained.for-exchange in which broadcasters would trade media access for market power. Under this quid pro quo approach, the FCC would administer a scaled metric whereby the greater a media company's audience reach, the more access that company must provide to citizens with diverse and local content. Since digital technology permits broadcasters to "multiplex" their television signal bandwidth into multiple signal programming streams, an opportunity exists for the government to require public access to one or more of these programming streams in return for relaxing caps …
The Legal Status Of Spyware, Daniel B. Garrie, Alan F. Blakley, Mathew J. Armstrong
The Legal Status Of Spyware, Daniel B. Garrie, Alan F. Blakley, Mathew J. Armstrong
Federal Communications Law Journal
This Article examines the legal status of Spyware under federal and common law in the United States of America. The Authors begin with a technical overview of Spyware technology, which covers Spyware's functionality, methods of dispersion, and classification. The Authors then analyze the treatment of Spyware under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the Stored Communications Act, the Wiretap Act, and under general tort claims of trespass to chattels, invasion of privacy, and intrusion upon seclusion. The Authors conclude that none of the aformentioned causes of action provide an adequate remedy at law for Spyware victims. Moreover, the Authors note …
Opening Bottlenecks: On Behalf Of Mandated Network Neutrality, Bill D. Herman
Opening Bottlenecks: On Behalf Of Mandated Network Neutrality, Bill D. Herman
Federal Communications Law Journal
This Article calls for mandated "network neutrality," which would require broadband service providers to treat all nondestructive data equitably. The Author argues that neutral networks are preferable because they better foster online innovation and provide a more equitable distribution of the power to communicate. Without mandated network neutrality, providers in highly concentrated regional broadband markets will likely begin charging content providers for the right to send data to end users at the fastest speeds available. The Author demonstrates that regional broadband competition and forthcoming transmission technologies are unlikely to prevent broadband discrimination, ad hoc regulation under current statutory authority is …
The Information Quality Act: The Little Statute That Could (Or Couldn't?) Applying The Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments Of 1996 To The Federal Communications Commission, Kellen Ressmeyer
Federal Communications Law Journal
In December 2000, Congress passed the Information Quality Act - a two sentence rider to a 712-page Appropriations Bill. The Information Quality Act, which seeks to ensure the quality of government-disseminated information, places the White House Office of Management and Budget in a supervisory role. The Office of Management and Budget subsequently finalized a set of mandatory Guidelines applicable to all federal agencies. Among other things, the Guidelines require adherence to the scientific standard articulated in the 1996 Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act where such agencies engage in risk analysis to human health, safety, and the environment. As …
Hit And Miss: Leverage, Sacrifice, And Refusal To Deal In The Supreme Court Decision In Trinko, Nicholas Economides
Hit And Miss: Leverage, Sacrifice, And Refusal To Deal In The Supreme Court Decision In Trinko, Nicholas Economides
ExpressO
Under the rules of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, incumbent local exchange carriers, including Verizon, were obligated to lease parts of their local telecommunications network to any firm at “cost plus a reasonable profit” prices which could combine them at will, add retailing services and sell local telecommunication service as a rival to the incumbent. AT&T, an entrant in local telecommunications, leased parts of Verizon’s network. Trinko, a local telecommunications services customer of AT&T, sued Verizon alleging various anti-competitive actions of Verizon against AT&T, including that Verizon raised the costs of AT&T, its downstream retail rival. The Supreme Court held …
Ley Federal Del Procedimiento Contencioso Administrativo., Bruno L. Costantini García
Ley Federal Del Procedimiento Contencioso Administrativo., Bruno L. Costantini García
Bruno L. Costantini García
Ponencia sobre la Ley Federal del Procedimiento Contencioso Administrativo, impartida por Bruno L. Costantini García.
A Complete Property Right Amendment, John H. Ryskamp
A Complete Property Right Amendment, John H. Ryskamp
ExpressO
The trend of the eminent domain reform and "Kelo plus" initiatives is toward a comprehensive Constitutional property right incorporating the elements of level of review, nature of government action, and extent of compensation. This article contains a draft amendment which reflects these concerns.
Network Neutrality Or Bias?--Handicapping The Odds For A Tiered And Branded Internet, Robert M. Frieden
Network Neutrality Or Bias?--Handicapping The Odds For A Tiered And Branded Internet, Robert M. Frieden
ExpressO
Recent double digit billion dollar mergers of telecommunications firms consolidate both market share and market leadership by incumbent operators such as Verizon. These companies seek to exploit technological and market convergence by offering a triple play package of wired and wireless telephone service, video and Internet access. As well they need to develop new profit centers to compensate for declining revenues and market shares in traditional services such as wireline telephony.
While incumbent telecommunications operators have pursued new market opportunities, these ventures have not abandoned core management philosophies, operating assumptions and business strategies. Longstanding strategies for recovering investments, using a …
Unwarranted Fears Mask The Benefits Of Network Diversity: An Argument Against Mandating Network Neutrality, Elvis Stumbergs
Unwarranted Fears Mask The Benefits Of Network Diversity: An Argument Against Mandating Network Neutrality, Elvis Stumbergs
ExpressO
The rapid development of the Internet has necessitated an update to Federal telecommunications laws. Recent Congressional efforts to enact such an update, however, have spawned a fiery debate over a somewhat nebulous concept: network neutrality. The debate concerns the way that Internet access providers handle the data traffic being sent over their networks. These providers would like the option to offer some of their customers, web site hosting companies and similar entities, additional services that would essentially result in these customers’ content loading faster, more reliably, or more securely than others not receiving such priority treatment. Yet, this proposed “diversity” …
Primer Congreso Nacional De Organismos Públicos Autónomos, Bruno L. Costantini García
Primer Congreso Nacional De Organismos Públicos Autónomos, Bruno L. Costantini García
Bruno L. Costantini García
Memorias del Primer Congreso Nacional de Organismos Públicos Autonomos
Bond Repudiation, Tax Codes, The Appropriations Process And Restitution Post-Eminent Domain Reform, John H. Ryskamp
Bond Repudiation, Tax Codes, The Appropriations Process And Restitution Post-Eminent Domain Reform, John H. Ryskamp
ExpressO
This brief comment suggests where the anti-eminent domain movement might be heading next.
The 1996 Telecommunications Act: Ten Years Later, Pat Aufderheide
The 1996 Telecommunications Act: Ten Years Later, Pat Aufderheide
Federal Communications Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Open Video Systems: Too Much Regulation Too Late?, Micha Botein
Open Video Systems: Too Much Regulation Too Late?, Micha Botein
Federal Communications Law Journal
No abstract provided.
The Law Of Unintended Consequences, Susan Ness
The Law Of Unintended Consequences, Susan Ness
Federal Communications Law Journal
No abstract provided.
No Sight Like Hindsight: The 1996 Act And The View Ten Years Later, Donna N. Lampert
No Sight Like Hindsight: The 1996 Act And The View Ten Years Later, Donna N. Lampert
Federal Communications Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Looking Backwards And Looking Forwards In Contemplating The Next Rewrite Of The Communications Act, Johannes M. Bauer, Steven S. Wildman
Looking Backwards And Looking Forwards In Contemplating The Next Rewrite Of The Communications Act, Johannes M. Bauer, Steven S. Wildman
Federal Communications Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Swallows, Sausages, And The 1996 Act, Daniel B. Phythyon
Swallows, Sausages, And The 1996 Act, Daniel B. Phythyon
Federal Communications Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Deregulation And Market Concentration: An Analysis Of Post- 1996 Consolidations, Eli M. Noam
Deregulation And Market Concentration: An Analysis Of Post- 1996 Consolidations, Eli M. Noam
Federal Communications Law Journal
No abstract provided.
The Failure Of Competition Under The 1996 Telecommunications Act, Gene Kimmelman, Mark Cooper, Magda Herra
The Failure Of Competition Under The 1996 Telecommunications Act, Gene Kimmelman, Mark Cooper, Magda Herra
Federal Communications Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Rivalrous Telecommunications Networks With And Without Mandatory Sharing, Thomas W. Hazlett
Rivalrous Telecommunications Networks With And Without Mandatory Sharing, Thomas W. Hazlett
Federal Communications Law Journal
No abstract provided.
The 1996 Telecommunications Act, Jim Robbins
The 1996 Telecommunications Act, Jim Robbins
Federal Communications Law Journal
No abstract provided.
The Greatest Story Never Told: How The 1996 Telecommunications Act Helped To Transform Cable's Future, Brian L. Roberts
The Greatest Story Never Told: How The 1996 Telecommunications Act Helped To Transform Cable's Future, Brian L. Roberts
Federal Communications Law Journal
No abstract provided.
A Public Interest Perspective On The Impact Of The Broadcasting Provisions Of The 1996 Act, Angela J. Campbell
A Public Interest Perspective On The Impact Of The Broadcasting Provisions Of The 1996 Act, Angela J. Campbell
Federal Communications Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Ten Years Under The 1996 Telecommunications Act, Reed Hundt
Ten Years Under The 1996 Telecommunications Act, Reed Hundt
Federal Communications Law Journal
Keynote speech delivered at the Telecommunications Act of 1996: Ten Years Later Symposium, February 6, 2006, George Washington University.
Section 202(H) Of The Telecommunications Act Of 1996: Beware Of Intended Consequences, Andrew Jay Schwartzman, Harold Feld, Parul Desai
Section 202(H) Of The Telecommunications Act Of 1996: Beware Of Intended Consequences, Andrew Jay Schwartzman, Harold Feld, Parul Desai
Federal Communications Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Transformation: The 1996 Act Reshapes Radio, Christopher H. Sterling
Transformation: The 1996 Act Reshapes Radio, Christopher H. Sterling
Federal Communications Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Endangered Species, Lassoes, And Unmet Promises, Kathleen Wallman
Endangered Species, Lassoes, And Unmet Promises, Kathleen Wallman
Federal Communications Law Journal
No abstract provided.