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Unwarranted Fears Mask The Benefits Of Network Diversity: An Argument Against Mandating Network Neutrality, Elvis Stumbergs Sep 2006

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” …


What’S The Hang Up? The Future Of Voip Regulation And Taxation In New Hampshire, Kate Winstanley Sep 2006

What’S The Hang Up? The Future Of Voip Regulation And Taxation In New Hampshire, Kate Winstanley

The University of New Hampshire Law Review

Alice in Austria wishes to call her friend Bob in Boston, using a Boston area code to avoid charges for an international call. Using VoIP, Alice may initiate her call from any location in Austria where she may find Internet access. Once Alice connects to the Internet, she can transmit her call with the aid of a VoIP service provider, such as Skype. In order to hear and communicate with Bob, Alice can rely on a microphone and a headset that she can plug into her computer. Through VoIP, not only may Alice carry on a telephone conversation, but most …


Video Over Telephone Networks: The Case Against Regulation, Hal J. Singer, J Gregory Sidak, Robert W. Crandall Aug 2006

Video Over Telephone Networks: The Case Against Regulation, Hal J. Singer, J Gregory Sidak, Robert W. Crandall

ExpressO

The current wave of telecommunications reform stands to significantly affect the provision of video over telephone networks. Current legislative initiatives are treating video services provided over telephone networks in essentially the same way as traditional cable video services. We examine whether, on legal or policy grounds, video services provided over a telephone network should be regulated as a cable service. We evaluate the history of cable regulation and the services that Congress envisioned to be regulated when it first drafted legislation establishing a regulatory framework for cable television services in 1984. We then examine numerous differences between video services delivered …


The Press As Interest Group: Mainstream Media In The United States Supreme Court, Eric B. Easton Aug 2006

The Press As Interest Group: Mainstream Media In The United States Supreme Court, Eric B. Easton

ExpressO

This study explores the influence that news media organizations exert on the United States Supreme Court as parties and amici curiae. The study found, inter alia, that the media succeed more often than not, although by a relatively small margin, with far greater success in content-related than in newsgathering cases. Media organizations have been more successful as parties than as amici, and more successful against state and local government entities than against the federal government.


Necessary Knowledge For Communications Policy: Information Inequalities And Commercial Data Access And Usage In The Policymaking Process, Philip M. Napoli, Michelle Seaton Aug 2006

Necessary Knowledge For Communications Policy: Information Inequalities And Commercial Data Access And Usage In The Policymaking Process, Philip M. Napoli, Michelle Seaton

ExpressO

Communications policymaking increasingly relies upon large-scale databases manufactured and marketed by commercial organizations. Data providers such as BIA Research, Nielsen Media Research, and Arbitron play a vital role in aggregating the data that policymakers, policy analysts, and policy advocates rely upon in policy deliberations. In many ways, these data providers supplement the limited data gathering capacity of government bodies such as the FCC and NTIA and thereby help to bring a greater quantity of relevant data to bear on policy issues than would otherwise be possible. Indeed, these data are utilized extensively by stakeholders with an interest in policy outcomes …


Beyond Broadcasting: The Constitutionality Of Indecency Regulation On Cable And Direct Broadcast Satellite Services, Matthew S. Schwartz Aug 2006

Beyond Broadcasting: The Constitutionality Of Indecency Regulation On Cable And Direct Broadcast Satellite Services, Matthew S. Schwartz

ExpressO

This paper argues that if the federal government is serious about its stated goals of protecting children and the sanctity of the home, then the Federal Communications Commission should expand indecency regulations to cable and satellite services. The current enforcement system – fining the handful of free broadcasters hundreds of thousands of dollars for each instance of indecency they air, while completely ignoring the much more extreme indecency commonplace on cable and satellite – is arbitrary and nonsensical. After discussing the relevant laws and precedent, the paper analyzes the regulatory history of broadcast, cable and satellite over the past few …


Media Influence And The Modern American Democracy: Why The First Amendment Compels Regulation Of Media Ownership, Sean Michael Mcguire Aug 2006

Media Influence And The Modern American Democracy: Why The First Amendment Compels Regulation Of Media Ownership, Sean Michael Mcguire

Cardozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal

The article argues that the First Amendment necessitates government regulation of media ownership to safeguard democracy. It posits that while the First Amendment initially protected against government interference, evolving societal and technological changes require active regulation to ensure a diverse "marketplace of ideas." The author contends that without such regulation, media consolidation leads to a decline in viewpoint diversity, diminished content quality, and undue corporate influence, undermining democratic discourse.


Concurring In Part & Concurring In The Confusion, Sonja R. West Aug 2006

Concurring In Part & Concurring In The Confusion, Sonja R. West

Scholarly Works

When a federal appellate court decided last year that two reporters must either reveal their confidential sources to a grand jury or face jail time, the court did not hesitate in relying on the majority opinion in the Supreme Court's sole comment on the reporter's privilege--Branzburg v. Hayes. "The Highest Court has spoken and never revisited the question. Without doubt, that is the end of the matter," Judge Sentelle wrote for the three-judge panel on the Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. By this declaration, the court dismissed with a wave of its judicial hand the arguments …


Bond Repudiation, Tax Codes, The Appropriations Process And Restitution Post-Eminent Domain Reform, John H. Ryskamp Jun 2006

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.


Access To Audiences As A First Amendment Right: Its Relevance And Implications For Electronic Media Policy, Philip M. Napoli, Sheea T. Sybblis Jun 2006

Access To Audiences As A First Amendment Right: Its Relevance And Implications For Electronic Media Policy, Philip M. Napoli, Sheea T. Sybblis

ExpressO

When the issue of speakers’ rights of access arises in media regulation and policy contexts, the focus typically is on the concept of speakers’ rights of access “to the media,” or “to the press.” This right usually is premised on the audience’s need for access to diverse sources and content. In contrast, in many non-mediated contexts, the concept of speakers’ rights of access frequently is defined in terms of the speaker’s own First Amendment right of access to audiences. This paper explores the important distinctions between these differing interpretations of a speaker’s access rights and argues that the concept of …


The Failure Of Competition Under The 1996 Telecommunications Act, Gene Kimmelman, Mark Cooper, Magda Herra Jun 2006

The Failure Of Competition Under The 1996 Telecommunications Act, Gene Kimmelman, Mark Cooper, Magda Herra

Federal Communications Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Endangered Species, Lassoes, And Unmet Promises, Kathleen Wallman Jun 2006

Endangered Species, Lassoes, And Unmet Promises, Kathleen Wallman

Federal Communications Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Creation Of The Media: A Review And Introspective, Shannon M. Heim Jun 2006

Creation Of The Media: A Review And Introspective, Shannon M. Heim

Federal Communications Law Journal

A review of Paul Starr's Creation of the Media, Basic Books 2004. This review discusses the historical treatment that Starr presents in his narrative of modern communications, particularly focusing on the "constitutive moments" in the growth of the media.


Editor's Note, R. Matthew Warner Jun 2006

Editor's Note, R. Matthew Warner

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 Jun 2006

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.


Ten Years Under The 1996 Telecommunications Act, Reed Hundt Jun 2006

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.


The 1996 Telecommunications Act: Ten Years Later, Pat Aufderheide Jun 2006

The 1996 Telecommunications Act: Ten Years Later, Pat Aufderheide

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 Jun 2006

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.


Rivalrous Telecommunications Networks With And Without Mandatory Sharing, Thomas W. Hazlett Jun 2006

Rivalrous Telecommunications Networks With And Without Mandatory Sharing, Thomas W. Hazlett

Federal Communications Law Journal

No abstract provided.


No Sight Like Hindsight: The 1996 Act And The View Ten Years Later, Donna N. Lampert Jun 2006

No Sight Like Hindsight: The 1996 Act And The View Ten Years Later, Donna N. Lampert

Federal Communications Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Interconnection Policy And Technological Progress, Gerald W. Brock Jun 2006

Interconnection Policy And Technological Progress, Gerald W. Brock

Federal Communications Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Law Of Unintended Consequences, Susan Ness Jun 2006

The Law Of Unintended Consequences, Susan Ness

Federal Communications Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Deregulation And Market Concentration: An Analysis Of Post- 1996 Consolidations, Eli M. Noam Jun 2006

Deregulation And Market Concentration: An Analysis Of Post- 1996 Consolidations, Eli M. Noam

Federal Communications Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Swallows, Sausages, And The 1996 Act, Daniel B. Phythyon Jun 2006

Swallows, Sausages, And The 1996 Act, Daniel B. Phythyon

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 Jun 2006

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.


Politics And Telecommunications, Larry Pressler Jun 2006

Politics And Telecommunications, Larry Pressler

Federal Communications Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The 1996 Telecommunications Act, Jim Robbins Jun 2006

The 1996 Telecommunications Act, Jim Robbins

Federal Communications Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Section 202(H) Of The Telecommunications Act Of 1996: Beware Of Intended Consequences, Andrew Jay Schwartzman, Harold Feld, Parul Desai Jun 2006

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.


Are You Better Off Today Than You Were Ten Years Ago? Residential Consumers And Telecommunications Reform, Samuel A. Simon Jun 2006

Are You Better Off Today Than You Were Ten Years Ago? Residential Consumers And Telecommunications Reform, Samuel A. Simon

Federal Communications Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Transformation: The 1996 Act Reshapes Radio, Christopher H. Sterling Jun 2006

Transformation: The 1996 Act Reshapes Radio, Christopher H. Sterling

Federal Communications Law Journal

No abstract provided.