I have been asked by some journalists and others to comment on the recent actions taken against Comcast and their policy of interfering with peer-to-peer application traffic. Of course, the problem with journalists and policy makers is that they don’t want to understand the real issues involved; they simply want to setup a black [...]
I have written several times in the past about AT&T’s questionable treatment of content in order to further their own business agenda. Now comes word that AT&T is officially enshrining their policies in their Terms of Service agreement with AT&T users. As Slashdot reported a few days ago, the updated ToS includes the following [...]
A few days ago, I wrote about how AT&T censored anti-administration lyrics from Pearl Jam’s webcast. The Chicago Sun Times is now reporting that this was not the first instance of AT&T’s squelching of music questioning the Bush administration:
AT&T’s Blue Room Webcast also had silenced comments during two performances at the Bonnaroo Festival in Tennessee [...]
At a time when people are beginning to realize the massive abuse and problems caused by the current intellectual property laws, in steps congress to expand and further confuse the system. Just prior to his summer vacation, Sen. Schumer (NY) introduced the Design Piracy Prohibition Act of 2007. Like pretty much every bill [...]
Last weekend during the Lollapalooza webcast AT&T decided that some improvisation by Pearl Jam was just too questionable to be sent out over the Internets. AT&T decided that when Eddie Vedder sang out, to tune of Pink Floyd’s The Wall, “George Bush, leave this world alone;” “George Bush, find yourself another home.” it would offend [...]
This week the Communications Workers of America released its report on broadband speeds across America. It’s a sobering document which should serve as an indictment of the entire American telecommunications model. However because their methodology relied upon users running their own speed test, the defenders of the status quo will claim the findings [...]
Today two FCC commissioners, Jonathan Adelstein and Michael Copps, refused to rubber stamp the DoJ’s unconditional approval of AT&T’s acquisition of BellSouth. This could be a landmark event. As FCC chairman Martin, who has never seen a consolidation he didn’t love, finds himself with a split board. Commissioners Martin and Tate are pushing hard to [...]
