9.9 :: Decries :: More Testing :: Getting to Yes :: Moral Panic Police :: Voodoo Economics :: It was a dumb idea :: Apple Police ::

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Federal Internet Law and Policy
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Good friends we had Oh good friends we've lost
Along the way hey.
In this great future,
You can't forget your past so dry your tears I say
- Bob Marley, No Woman No Cry

GOP decries FCC's conditional approval of LightSquared wireless plan, WAPO
Republicans questioned Thurs­day why the Federal Communications
Commission fast-tracked an initial approval for a company —
well-connected among Democrats — to provide cellphone service through
satellites, a technology that other agencies say disrupts Global
Positioning System devices, hurricane-tracking systems, and military
and commercial airlines.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/gop-decries-fccs-conditional-approval-of-lightsquared-wireless-plan/2011/09/08/gIQA3W5SDK_story.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/gps.htm

Lawmakers call for more testing for LightSquared, The Hill
Government officials and lawmakers at a House Science Committee
hearing Thursday said more testing is needed of LightSquared's
proposed wireless network because it could interfere with Global
Positioning System devices, including those used to track hurricanes
and other weather patterns.
http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/180389-lawmakers-calls-for-more-testing-for-lightsquared
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/gps.htm

Getting to Yes: Finding a Fix to ICC-USF, Verizon
Broken policy requires level-headed reforms that advance a greater
good. As we have all painfully seen this year in Washington, this is
easier said than done.
http://policyblog.verizon.com/BlogPost/826/GettingtoYesFindingaFixtoICC-USF.aspx
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/rcomp.htm

Sex, Drugs... And Facebook? Moral Panic Police Blaming Social Networks
For Kids Being Kids, Techdirt
Ah, the moral panic police are out in force yet again. A recent report
from the "National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse" is getting
some attention for a study which claims that teens who spend more time
on social networking sites like Facebook are five times more likely to
drink, smoke and take drugs. The study also found that kids who watch
reality shows are also more likely to take drugs as well. And, of
course, they seem to automatically assume the causal relationship is
in that direction:
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110901/10004815766/sex-drugs-facebook-moral-panic-police-blaming-social-networks-kids-being-kids.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm

Paxfire Sues The Lawyers And Individual Who Filed A Class Action
Lawsuit Over Its Search Redirects, Techdirt
Well, well. Following a research paper that claimed that a company
named Paxfire was teaming up with some ISPs to hijack search terms and
take people directly to certain websites, a class action lawsuit was
quickly filed. Paxfire wasted little time in responding angrily that
the basis of the lawsuit was completely wrong, and saying that it
would seek sanctions against the lawyers for filing it in the first
place. Now the company has
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110906/03371515808/paxfire-sues-lawyers-individual-who-filed-class-action-lawsuit-over-its-search-redirects.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralnot.htm

Apps for Communities- Reminder to submit entries, FCC
It's the final days of summer and the Apps for Communities entry
deadline's been extended until October 3, 2011. Thanks for all those
who've already submitted; our judges are looking forward to reviewing
your apps. To enter, apply via the Challenge.gov portal and add a link
to your team's fully functioning app or demonstration and the source
code.
http://www.fcc.gov/blog/apps-communities-reminder-submit-entries
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralnprm.htm

Cole C. Hardy, Twitter's Trademark Problems: Is the Anticybersquatting
Consumer Protection Act Outdated?, JMLS Rev IP Law
Under the Lanham Act there is no remedy for individuals when imposters
register user names with corresponding post-domain paths containing
protected trademarks on social network websites. While Twitter
temporarily experimented with its own verification
http://www.jmripl.com/issues/article/253
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/acpa.htm

Gregg M Barbakoff, NO SHOES, NO SERVICE? WHY CYBERSQUATTING HAS
OUTGROWN THE INTERNATIONAL SHOE FRAMEWORK FOR PERSONAL JURISDICTION,
AND THE NEED FOR LEGISLATIVE REFORM, 7th Cir. Rev.
At a time when "email" was simply a misspelled word, Chief Justice
Warren's opinion in Hanson v. Denckla warned that advancements in
communication and travel must not be read as signaling "the eventual
demise of all restrictions on . . . personal jurisdiction."
http://www.kentlaw.edu/7cr/v6-2/barbakoff.pdf
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/acpa.htm

"Do not complicate routing security with Voodoo Economics", IGP
That was the eye-catching subject line in a recent note from Randy
Bush to the North American Network Operators Group (NANOG) about
secure Border Gateway Protocol (S-BGP). His note critiqued a paper,
Let the Market Drive Deployment: A Strategy for Transitioning to BGP
Security, which was presented recently at SIGCOMM and NANOG meetings.
The paper argued that under certain conditions, the transition to
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IGPBlog/~3/2yQ7GVd2p-A/4894404.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/bgp.htm

House Panel Demands WikiLeaks-Proof Pentagon, Wired
The Pentagon has labored for months to lock down its data from
WikiLeaks. Now Congress is stepping in to demand it finish the job --
in about, oh, a year and a half. A small section of the 2012 defense
bill, under consideration Wednesday by the House Armed Services
Committee, requires the Defense Department to put ...
http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/politics/~3/MxEp00N-2jE/house-panel-demands-a-wikileak-proof-pentagon
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/egov/

Yahoo fires chief executive Bartz, BBC
Yahoo's chief executive Carol Bartz is fired by the internet company
after two-and-a-half years in the top job.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-14816077
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/yahoo.htm

The PROTECT-IP ACT: circumventing free speech in the name of old
revenue streams, JMLS Rev IP Law
My Chinese friends would look side to side before speaking, perhaps
ensuring that a Party member was not within earshot, and wistfully
call it "leaping the wall." They were speaking of circumventing the
Great Chinese Firewall, usually through VPN encryption. However, I
called it a royal pain. In the first week of my two month stay in
http://www.jmripl.com.php5-10.dfw1-2.websitetestlink.com/blog/post/10
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/copyright.htm

"It was a dumb idea": newspaper chain fires copyright troll
Righthaven, Ars Technica
The new chief executive of MediaNews Group, publisher of the Denver
Post and 50 other newspapers, said it was "a dumb idea" for the
nation's second-largest newspaper chain to sign up with copyright
troll Righthaven.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/09/it-was-a-dumb-idea-newspaper-chain-fires-copyright-troll-righthaven.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/copyright.htm

Ian Rubenstuunk, The Throw Down Over Takedowns: An Analysis of the
Lenz Interpretation of 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), JMLS Rev IP Law
Recently, a YouTube user and mother of two, Stephanie Lenz, filed a
lawsuit against Universal Music Corporation which had the potential
for broad impact on the internet. Everyone from politicians, to
teachers, to musical artists could have gained more
http://www.jmripl.com/issues/article/254
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/dmca.htm

Yochai Benkler, A Free Irresponsible Press: Wikileaks and the Battle
over the Soul of the Networked Fourth Estate, Harvard CLLR
[I]t is very necessary that we should not flinch from seeing what is
vile and debasing. There is filth on the floor, and it must be scraped
up with the muckrake; and there are times and places where this
service is the most needed of all
http://harvardcrcl.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Benkler.pdf
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/news.htm

Google's Green Computing: Efficiency at Scale Sept 2011, Google
It's common to hear about new data centers being built, and it may
seem as if the energy used by "the cloud" is a growing problem.
However, services provided by the cloud can be remarkably efficient.
In many cases, data centers hosting cloud services are more efficient
than the in-house office servers they replace. These efficiency gains
come from maximizing server
http://static.googleusercontent.com/external_content/untrusted_dlcp/www.google.com/en/us/green/pdfs/google-green-computing.pdf
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/cloud.htm

How cloud-based Gmail is energy efficient, Gigaom
Google says switching to Gmail can be close to 80 times more
energy-efficient for an organization than in-house email, particularly
for smaller companies. On Wednesday, the search engine giant unveiled
a report looking into just how much energy can be saved by
organizations using Google's cloud-based Gmail compared to companies'
own locally hosted email.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/rwb5RX_JeZM/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/cloud.htm

Tracy A. Steindel, A Path Toward User Control of Online Profiling, MTTLR
Online profiling is "the practice of tracking information about
consumers' interests by monitoring their movements online."1 A primary
purpose of online profiling is to "deliver advertising tailored to the
individual's interests," a practice known as online behavioral
advertising (OBA)
http://www.mttlr.org/volseventeen/steindel.pdf
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/

Police investigating accusations in bizarre lost iPhone 5 case, Ars Technica
Apple and possibly some San Francisco police officers may have
overstepped legal bounds in attempting to retrieve yet another missing
iPhone prototype that was reportedly left behind at a San Francisco
bar. The SFPD has now begun an internal investigation into allegations
that officers were involved in a late July search of a San Francisco
home where Apple had apparently tracked the missing device.
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/09/sfpd-investigating-involvement-in-bizarre-case-of-lost-iphone-prototype.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/bigbrother.htm

SF police launch probe into iPhone search, CNET
The San Francisco Police Department is looking into how officers
assisted Apple in searching for an iPhone prototype.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/ykBMC0G7Cn8/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/bigbrother.htm

Toward a Standard Benchmark for Computer Security Research, CMU
Unlike benchmarks that focus on performance or reliability
evaluations, a benchmark for computer security must necessarily
include sensitive code and data. Because these artifacts could damage
systems or reveal personally identifiable information
http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~tdumitra/public_documents/dumitras11wine.pdf
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/crime.htm

Zen and the Constitutionality of Twitter 'Cyberstalking', Citizens
Media Law Project
If you thought a spat between Buddhists couldn't devolve into a
federal cyberstalking case of dubious constitutionality, consider the
following.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CitizenMediaLawProject/~3/ZtvLzJ7csZE/zen-and-constitutionality-twitter-cyberstalking
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/stalking.htm

VoIP Confusion, AT&T
Reactions to the submission of the ABC Plan and the announcement of
the unprecedented joint framework for reform have been overwhelmingly
positive. I think it's fair to say that virtually everyone agrees with
the premises that we must transform universal service into a program
focused on broadband, not POTS (plain old telephone service), and we
must, at the same time, reform intercarrier compensation in a
http://attpublicpolicy.com/fcc/voip-confusion/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/fcc.htm

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FCC Extds Deadline for Nominations for Open Internet Advisory Committee

The FCC has extended the deadline for nominations to the Open Internet Advisory Committee until October 1.  Here is the notice: 

On June 30, 2011, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) issued a public notice seeking nominations for membership on the Open Internet Advisory Committee (OIAC), which is discussed in the Commission’s Order on Preserving the Open Internet (Order). The original deadline for nominations was September 1, 2011.3 By this Public Notice, the Commission extends the deadline to submit nominations through October 1, 2011. The Commission should receive nominations no later than this date. There is no change in the procedures for submitting nominations, but the procedures are again set forth below for convenience.

The OIAC will be a Federal Advisory Committee that will assist the Commission “in tracking developments with respect to the freedom and openness of the Internet, in particular with respect to technical standards and issues relating to mobile broadband and specialized services.” The OIAC is to be comprised of “consumer advocates; Internet engineering experts; content, application, and service providers; network equipment and end-user device manufacturers and suppliers; investors; broadband service providers;” and others, as described below.

OIAC MISSION

The OIAC will aid in tracking and evaluating the effects of the Commission’s Open Internet rules. Specifically, it is anticipated that “[t]he Committee will observe market developments regarding the freedom and openness of the Internet and will focus in particular on issues addressed in the FCC’s Open Internet rules, such as  transparency, reasonable network management practices, differences in treatment of fixed and mobile broadband services, specialized services, technical standards, and the state of competition.”

MEMBERSHIP
 
The Commission seeks nominations for membership on the OIAC from the following types of groups and individuals:

•  Consumers, consumer advocates, and/or organizations representing consumer interests;
• Internet engineering experts;
• Providers and developers of online content, applications, or services;
• Network equipment providers, developers, manufacturers, and suppliers;
• End-user device developers, manufacturers, and suppliers;
• Investors in Internet-related technologies, services, and products, including investors in broadband providers and/or online content, application, and services providers;
• Broadband Internet access service providers; and
• Other individuals with appropriate expertise.

In addition, all applicants are advised that the Commission adheres to the President’s policy, as announced in his memorandum of June 18, 2010, “Lobbyists on Agency Boards and Commissions,” prohibiting federally registered lobbyists from serving on federal agencies’ advisory boards and committees. Registered lobbyists are thus ineligible to serve as members or representatives of members of the OIAC. Subject to this limitation, the Chairman of the Commission will appoint the members of the OIAC to serve on the Committee for a minimum period of two years. The Chairman also will appoint a member of the Commission’s staff to serve as the Designated Federal Officer for the OIAC, who will moderate and direct its work, including approving the creation of subcommittees, as appropriate. 

NOMINATIONS AND DEADLINE

Nominations for OIAC membership should not exceed two pages, and should include the nominee’s name, title, and organization, if appropriate, as well as the nominee’s postal address, e-mail address, and telephone number. The person or entity submitting the nomination should also include a statement of the nominee’s specific expertise relevant to the OIAC, the specific issues among those listed above that are of interest to the entity submitting the nomination or to the nominee individually, and a description of the nominee’s qualifications to serve on the OIAC. Individuals may self-nominate; be nominated by an advocacy organization, employer, trade association, or other entity to serve on such entity’s behalf; or be nominated by a third party. Nominations should indicate whether the nominee would be appointed for his or her own expertise and individual views, or whether the nominee would be serving in a representative capacity on behalf of an entity. If self-nominating, the nominee should include a statement indicating a willingness to serve on the Committee for a two-year term of service, and a commitment to attend approximately two (2) one-day meetings per year in Washington, D.C. A sample nomination form is attached and may be used, but is not required. Nominations submitted by a third party should include as much of the above information as possible. Nominations may be sent via e-mail to OIAC@fcc.gov or via U.S. mail to the Federal Communications Commission, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Attn: Deborah Broderson, 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20554. We strongly encourage submission by e-mail, in part because, due to the extensive security screening of incoming mail since September 11, 2001, delivery of mail sent to the Commission may be delayed. FCC staff will send an email acknowledging receipt of any nomination received by e-mail.

Please note that this Notice is not intended to be the exclusive method by which the Commission will solicit nominations and expressions of interest to identify qualified candidates. However, all candidates for membership on the OIAC will be subject to the same evaluation criteria.

APPOINTMENTS 

The Commission will publish a notice in the Federal Register announcing the appointment of OIAC members and the first meeting of the Committee.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Broderson, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, FCC, Deborah.Broderson@fcc.gov, 202-418-0652.

Released:  08/31/2011.  FCC EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR MEMBERSHIP NOMINATIONS
FOR OPEN INTERNET ADVISORY COMMITTEE BY THIRTY DAYS. (DA No.  11-1485).
(Dkt No 09-191 07-52 )  Extended deadline for submitting nominations for the Open Internet Advisory Committee from Sept. 1, 2011 to Oct. 1, 2011. GEN . Contact:  Deborah Broderson at (202) 418-0652, email: Deborah.Broderson@fcc.gov
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Federal Internet Law and Policy
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Genechowski: Expand broadband to create jobs, Internet2
no description
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/story/2011-08-24/FCC-chairman-Expand-broadband-to-create-jobs/50121002/1
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/

In My Humble Opinion: Broadband Developments in 12-18 Months, USTelecom
With Steve Jobs stepping down at Apple and Google acquiring Motorola
Mobility, It's very difficult to guess what is going to happen with
our broadband experiences in the next 12 to 18 months…. Or is it? In
some cases, it's very easy to envision several developments by the
positioning of several prominent names in the broadband industry. Yes,
we already have smartphones and tablet devices that are threatening
the
http://www.ustelecom.org/Video_Blogs/Blog/index.php/2011/09/01/in-my-humble-opinion-broadband-developments-in-12-18-months/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/

Cable Operators Deliver the Fastest Broadband Speeds, Cable Tech Talk
Via a new PC Magazine study, cable has once again shown to deliver the
fastest broadband speeds to the most homes across the US. Cox,
Comcast and Charter take the first three spots, with other cable
operators not far behind. As we've noted previously, cable broadband
is available to 93% of U.S. households, offering speeds of 5 Mbps or
faster to more than 90% of U.S. households
http://www.cabletechtalk.com/cable-companies/comcast/2011/09/02/cable-operators-deliver-the-fastest-broadband-speeds/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/cable.htm

Man Facing 75 Years In Jail For Recording The Police; Illinois
Assistant AG Says No Right To Record Police, Techdirt
Following on the news of a court in Massachusetts stating, clearly,
that arresting someone for recording the police is a 1st Amendment
violation, you'd hope that we'd start hearing fewer such stories. And
yet, as Nick Burns alerts us (followed by a few more of you), over in
Illinois, a guy named Michael Allison appears to be facing 75 years in
prison for recording the police. Similar to other cases, the police
charged him with
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110902/04163415790/man-facing-75-years-jail-recording-police-illinois-assistant-ag-says-no-right-to-record-police.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/firsta.htm

Internet Adds More Than Five Million Domain Names in Second Quarter, Verisign
More than five million domain names were added to the Internet in the
second quarter of 2011, bringing the total number of registered domain
names to more than 215 million worldwide across all domains, according
to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief, published by VeriSign, Inc.
(NASDAQ: VRSN), the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure
services for the networked world.
https://press.verisign.com/easyir/customrel.do?easyirid=AFC0FF0DB5C560D3&version=live&prid=793586&releasejsp=custom_97
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/

Domain Name Registrations Reach 215 Million, 5 Million Added in Q2, CircleID
The latest Domain Name Industry Brief published by Verisign reports
more than 5 million domain names were added to the Internet in the
second quarter of 2011, bringing the total number of registered domain
names to more than 215 million worldwide across all domains. The
increase of 5.2 million domain names marks a growth rate of 2.5
percent over the first quarter. Registrations have grown by more than
16.9 million, or 8.6 percent, since the second quarter of 2010.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/domain_name_registrations_reach_215_million_5_million_added_in_q2/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/

It's all about open government, Crawford
I meant it when I said I'm focused on a new project these days. I'm
spending all my non-teaching and non-book-revising time learning about
open government efforts around the world. The DOJ announcement
yesterday was just such a big moment – really, the first big positive
telecom competition policy moment since, I don't know, the 1996 Act
[don't shoot me] – that I couldn't resist writing about it.
http://scrawford.net/blog/its-all-about-open-government/1505/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/egov/

Another front opens in Cisco's war for survival, Gigaom
Cisco's ongoing retrenchment in its core markets looks like it may
need a boost when it comes to enterprise telephony systems. The
communications giant has lost market share in the IP telephone market
to Avaya in the last few quarters, much like Aruba is eating Cisco's
lunch in the Wi-Fi equipment market.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/rs7gZ7SC8Fo/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/

AT&T to Woo and Fight Justice Department on Antitrust Lawsuit, NYT
AT&T has vowed to do battle with the Justice Department in court while
it tries to cozy up to antitrust regulators by agreeing to shed assets
and submit to monitoring.
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=677a7a70675aeb702abf5c5433f21b2f
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/att.htm

AT&T Statement on Department of Justice Action, AT&T
AT&T August 31, 2011 statement on Department of Justice Action
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AttCorporateRssFeeds/~3/jBkHxchyF64/press-room
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/att.htm

Harold and Gigi on AT&T and T-Mobile: What Happened and What Happens Next, PK
Public Knowledge President Gigi Sohn and Public Knowledge Legal
Director Harold Feld discuss why the Department of Justice decided to
challenge the AT&T/T-Mobile merger and what happens now.
http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/4BLaBvj4qTo/harold-and-gigi-att-and-t-mobile-what-happend-and-
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/att.htm

What's At Stake in United Stated v. AT&T, Inc.? The Future of
Antitrust. (Part I), Tales From the Sausage Factory
The Department of Justice (DoJ) Antitrust Division challenge to the
AT&T/T-Mo deal, United States v. AT&T, Inc., in addition to being a
huge deal for us in the telecom world, is probably the single most
important merger review case…
http://tales-of-the-sausage-factory.wetmachine.com/content/whats-at-stake-in-united-stated-v-att-inc-the-future-of-antitrust-part-i
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/att.htm

Comcast Gets Wrist Slapped For Misleading Ads - Can't Claim It's
Faster Than FiOS With Better HD Quality, DSLReports
The National Advertising Division of the Better Business Bureau is
effectively a self-regulatory agency that tries to settle disputes
over misleading ads before handing them off to the FTC for action (or
inaction as the case often is). The agency has been very busy of late
cracking down on misleading advertising by both cable and phone
companies suggesting that core fiber is the same as last mile fiber.
This week the
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Gets-Wrist-Slapped-For-Misleading-Ads-115977
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/comcast.htm

Fake certificate risk to Iranians, BBC
Fresh evidence has emerged that stolen web security certificates were
being used to spy on people in Iran.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-14789763
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/iran.htm

Nearly 300,000 Iranian IP addresses likely compromised, CW
Close to 300,000 unique IP addresses from Iran requested access to
google.com using a rogue certificate issued by Dutch digital
certificate authority DigiNotar, according to an interim report by
security firm, Fox-IT, released on Monday.
http://rss.computerworld.com/~r/computerworld/news/feed/~3/nzHVhldoEXg/Nearly_300_000_Iranian_IP_addresses_likely_compromised
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/iran.htm

Resetting the Righthaven Fiasco (July-August 2011 Quick Links, Part
1), Tech & Marketing Law Blog
The Righthaven empire is in tatters. It hasn't expanded its inventory
of cases for months (no new...
http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2011/09/resetting_the_r.htm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/copyright.htm

Twitter Keeps Suspending Accounts Based On Highly Questionable DMCA
Claims, Techdirt
Last year, we wrote about how Twitter was receiving a ton of DMCA
takedown notices. That seemed pretty strange to us, because with such
short messages, there's little that could be covered by copyright. For
the most part, such notices seemed like an abuse of the DMCA,
literally claiming that a link to a URL was infringing itself, which
is a pretty big stretch. A link by itself hardly passes the inducement
test. Twitter, as we
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110825/03485715680/twitter-keeps-suspending-accounts-based-highly-questionable-dmca-claims.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/dmca.htm

Online video finally chipping away at broadcast TV, Gigaom
A quarter of people in countries with access to high-speed broadband
are streaming video to their TV, although more than 80 percent still
watch broadcast television as well. But that's slowly beginning to
change: According to survey data from Ericsson, there's been a slight
decrease from 2010 to 2011 in the percentage of folks watching
broadcast TV, while Internet-
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/PMxzrHHwViM/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/video.htm

The FCC Is Watching You . . . or At Least Your Website, CommLawBlog
Media Bureau staff continues to check station websites for compliance
http://feeds.lexblog.com/~r/CommLawBlog/~3/R-qqwIYUPKg/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/video.htm

Starz, Netflix And How Industry Jealousies Strangle A Golden Goose, Techdirt
In a somewhat surprising move, Starz has decided to not renew its
contract with Netflix. Many other TV channels and movie studios are
sure to follow as their current contracts end. Even though Netflix is
somewhat braced for this, Starz was one of the few providers willing
to supply newer titles, thanks to its deals with Disney and Sony
Pictures. Not only that, but Netflix's licensing deal with Starz was
somewhat of a coup with its
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110901/20203315773/starz-netflix-how-industry-jealousies-strangle-golden-goose.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/video.htm

How Cloud Computing is Revolutionizing Education, CISCO
no description
http://newsroom.cisco.com/press-release-content?type=webcontent&articleId=460910
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/cloud.htm

Kundra: Cloud Concerns re: Privacy "Unfounded and Ridiculous", Daily Dashboard
Former U.S. Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra is sounding off on
governments' reluctance to adopt cloud computing due to privacy and
information security concerns, noting the U.S. government's
outsourcing of more than 4,700 systems "and yet when it comes to cloud
for some reason these fears are raised," reports The Australian. In
The New York Times, Kundra writes that "governments around the world
are wasting
https://www.privacyassociation.org/publications/2011_09_01_kundra_cloud_concerns_unfounded_and_ridiculous/#When:16:16:20Z
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/cloud.htm

Canadian ISP Sued for Handing Over Data to Thai Government, Geist
A U.S. citizen has filed a lawsuit against a Canadian ISP that shared
his personal information with the Thai government. Anthony Chai
posted anonymous comments criticizing the royal family and now faces
up to 15 years in prison for the comments.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MichaelGeistsBlog/~3/sduFjbq6vTc/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/

EFF-Supported Bill Requiring Warrant for Cell Phone Searches Passes CA
Legislature, Goes to Gov. Brown, EFF
In May, we asked EFF members to write their California legislators and
urge them to support SB 914, a bill that requires the police to obtain
a search warrant before searching a recent arrestee's cell phone.
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/09/eff-supported-bill-requiring-warrant-cell-phone
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/bigbrother.htm

Lost sales were not "loss" under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act,
Internet Cases
Plaintiff and defendant had discussed a licensing arrangement whereby
defendant would provide certain of plaintiff's materials online. The
parties never entered into that agreement. But plaintiff claimed that
defendant went ahead and accessed the materials stored on plaintiff's
computer system, and thereby caused plaintiff to miss out on certain
sales in the business to business marketplace for the materials.
http://blog.internetcases.com/2011/09/05/lost-sales-were-not-loss-under-the-computer-fraud-and-abuse-act/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/crime.htm

DHS warns of planned Anonymous attacks, CW
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security today issued a somewhat
unusual bulletin warning the security community about the planned
activities of hacking collective Anonymous over the next few months.
http://rss.computerworld.com/~r/computerworld/news/feed/~3/GNZzv-DedKY/DHS_warns_of_planned_Anonymous_attacks
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/dhs.htm

Rockefeller and Hutchison to FCC: Take Necessary Steps to Secure
Communications Infrastructure During Emergencies, Senate Commerce
As the East Coast braced for the impending landfall of Hurricane
Irene, Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV and Ranking Member Kay
Bailey Hutchison asked that the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) work to make sure the nation's communications infrastructure is
secure during emergencies. In the letter sent Friday to FCC Chairman
Julius Genachowski, Rockefeller and
http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=b30092da-003c-48c3-8ec0-b50e7a17e9f3
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/emergency.htm

FTC Testifies on Children's Identity Theft, FTC
The Federal Trade Commission today told the House Committee on Ways
and Means Committee Subcommittee on Social Security that, "Protecting
consumers – especially vulnerable consumers such as children – against
identity theft and its consequences is a critical component of the
Commission's consumer protection mission."
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2011/09/childtheft.shtm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/idtheft.htm

Seventh Circuit Awards e360 a Whopping $3 in Damages Against Spamhaus
- e360 v. Spamhaus, CircleID
The lawsuit between e360 and Spamhaus was a long-running, tortured
affair, and it looks like it finally came to a close. With e360 being
awarded a whopping $3 in damages against Spamhaus. (Here's a link to
Ars Technica's recap of the oral argument, where Judge Posner blasted
e360's counsel: "This is just totally irresponsible litigation ... You
can't just come into a court with a fly-by-night, nothing company and
say 'I've lost $130 million.'")
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110902_seventh_circuit_awards_e360_whopping_3_in_damages_against_spamhaus/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/enforce.htm

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"Only the suppressed word is dangerous."
Ludwig Boerne, An Kundigurg der Wage (1818)

Tiered pricing comes to the Internet backbone, Ars Technica
Say you need to reach www.rabelaisian-wit-is-pretty-dirty-stuff.com,
and the relevant Web server sits in a Vladivostok data center. But
Hyperlocal Internet, your Internet provider, has no direct connection
to the Vladivostok hosting company's Internet provider. So how to send
your request for a Web page across the Bering Sea?
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/08/tiered-pricing-comes-to-the-internet-backbone.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/backbone.htm

GPS Systems Threatened by Wireless Data Proposal, Radio World
This is one of those odd stories that illustrate the way business and
government sometimes work together to build new and powerful
communications systems. The outcome could affect many consumers who
own and use GPS guidance systems in their cars or for outdoor
recreation. To a certain degree, it could affect radio engineers.
http://www.radioworld.com/article/gps-systems-threatened-by-wireless-data-proposal/24156
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/gps.htm

GPS industry group denies responsibility for interference issues, The Hill
Global Positioning System device makers fired back at wireless startup
LightSquared in a filing with the Federal Communications Commission on
Monday, claiming they are not responsible for interference problems
between their devices and LightSquared's planned network.
http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/177279-gps-industry-denies-responsibility-for-interference-issues
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/gps.htm

LightSquared blasts GPS naysayers in FCC letter, Register
LightSquared, the US operator hoping to camp beside the GPS
frequencies, has written to the FCC accusing the GPS industry of
failing to comply with the Department of Defence standards.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/12/lightsquared_gps/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/gps.htm

Police Say They Can Detain Photographers If Their Photographs Have 'No
Apparent Esthetic Value', Techdirt
Apparently the police in Long Beach, California, have a policy that
says if a police officer determines that a photographer is taking
photos of something with "no apparent esthetic value," they can detain
them. This revelation came after photographer Sander Roscoe Wolff was
taking the following photo:
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110815/23584515540/police-say-they-can-detain-photographers-if-their-photographs-have-no-apparent-esthetic-value.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/firsta.htm

New Research: Internet Censorship To Stop Protests... Actually
Increases Protests, Techdirt
We've been arguing for a while that attempts by various governments to
shut down forms of communication during protests and riots only serves
to make protesters and rioters angrier. Some new (quite timely)
research, pointed out by Mathew Ingram, seems to agree that internet
censorship tends to make such problems worse. The research is a quick
read, and certainly goes further than efforts like L. Gordon Crovitz's
"it's okay if the world didn't end."
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110815/12070615534/new-research-internet-censorship-to-stop-protests-actually-increases-protests.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/firsta.htm

Why Net Censorship in Times of Political Unrest Results in More
Violent Uprisings: A Social Simulation Experiment on the UK Riots
Antonio A. Casilli Telecom ParisTech Paola Tubaro University of
Greenwich August 14, 2011
Following the 2011 wave of political unrest, going from the Arab
Spring to UK riots, the formation of a large consensus around Internet
censorship is underway. Beyond all political consideration of
consequences in terms of freedom of expression, the present paper
adopts a social simulation approach to show that the decision to
"regulate" or restrict social media in situations of civil unrest
results in higher levels of violence. Building on Epstein's (2002)
agent based model, several alternative scenarios are generated.
Systemic optimum, represented by complete absence of censorship, not
only corresponds to lower levels of violence over time, but allows for
significant
cant periods of social peace after each outburst.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1909467

Bandwidth Caps – One Year Later, Wireless Cowboys
The money generated by UBB is helping us build a better network that
can meet the needs of our customer base even as they double and triple
their typical bandwidth utilization.
http://www.wirelesscowboys.com/?p=202&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bandwidth-caps-one-year-later
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/tiers.htm

Comcast offers IPv6 in Michigan, CW
Comcast has added Michigan to its list of states - including
Pennsylvania, California, Colorado, Illinois and Florida -- where the
cable ISP is offering services that support the next-generation
Internet standard known as IPv6.
http://rss.computerworld.com/~r/computerworld/news/feed/~3/QHWzybhHvv8/Comcast_offers_IPv6_in_Michigan
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm

Tracking IPv6 evolution slideset, CAIDA
This slideset was presented at the Chinese-American Networking
Symposium (CANS) in August 2011.
http://www.caida.org/publications/presentations/2011/cans_tracking_ipv6_evolution/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm

Web surfing a boon to productivity, study shows, Globe and Mail
Banning Net use on company time found to be counterproductive
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Technology/~3/HodHeBOxP68/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/

Phone snooping 'prevented riot', BBC
Police say they prevented attacks by rioters on the Olympic site and
London's Oxford Street after picking up intelligence on social
networks.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-politics-14542588
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/europe.htm

Inquiry on Copyright Policy, Creativity, and Innovation in the
Internet Economy, Fed Reg
The Department of Commerce's Internet Policy Task Force is conducting
a comprehensive review of the relationship between the availability
and protection of online copyrighted works and innovation in the
Internet economy. The Department, the United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO), and the National
http://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2010/10/05/2010-24863/inquiry-on-copyright-policy-creativity-and-innovation-in-the-internet-economy
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/copyright.htm

Memo to newspapers: The future of media is a two-way street, Gigaom
Plenty of newspapers and other mainstream media entities are happy to
use social tools like Twitter and Facebook to promote their content,
host comments on their news stories in order to build traffic, and
otherwise try and take advantage of the web. But while some are making
strides in actually connecting with their readers — including Forbes
magazine, which just launched a new "social news" design — few are
taking
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/XoZu57vlLgk/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/news.htm

FTC Fines Mobile App Company for COPPA Violations, Daily Dashboard
In a press release, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that
it has fined a mobile apps developer $50,000 for violating the
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The FTC alleges that
the company, which has settled with the agency, collected and stored
tens of thousands of e-mail addresses of children under the age of 13
without parental consent and allowed users to post messages and
https://www.privacyassociation.org/publications/2011_08_16_ftc_fines_mobile_app_company_for_coppa_violations/#When:16:30:43Z
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/coppa.htm

New Paper on Online Child Safety, Kids' Privacy & Internet Free
Speech, Tech Lib Front
My latest Mercatus Center white paper is entitled "Kids, Privacy, Free
Speech & the Internet: Finding The Right Balance." From the intro:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techliberation/~3/ri7DXKdUEiI/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/coppa.htm

Feds Stumble on Social Media Security, Privacy, Ecommerce Times
U.S. government agencies are moving quickly to incorporate social
media into their IT programs. For organizations with huge public
constituencies, adopting Facebook, Twitter and YouTube as major
communication channels makes a lot of sense. However, in the rush to
utilize social media, federal agencies
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/73082.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/socialnetworks.htm

Police Try To Bring Wiretapping Charges Against Woman Who Filmed Them
Beating A Man, Techdirt
For the past year, we've talked a lot about how police and some courts
have been abusing wiretapping laws to go after people who film the
police in public. Thankfully, more recently, it appears that more and
more courts have been smacking down such lawsuits, and those who are
bringing them are regularly being scolded. Not everyone has received
the message however. For example, there's police officer Michael
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110812/23525115512/police-try-to-bring-wiretapping-charges-against-woman-who-filmed-them-beating-man.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/bigbrother.htm

Yes Virginia, Big Brother is following you on Twitter, Gigaom
If you're concerned about the rise of the "surveillance society," in
which the authorities use cameras and other means to snoop on your
activities, the past week or so has probably added even more fuel to
that fire. The British intelligence service is doing its best to crack
encrypted BlackBerry instant messages to identify rioters — and the
police are using facial recognition to do the same — while some
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/eT2tFIayXPQ/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/bigbrother.htm

Report: Spam is at a two-year high, CW
Spam - particularly the kind with malicious attachments - is
exploding, reaching a two-year high overall, which includes the spike
last fall just before the SpamIt operation folded its doors, a
security firm says
http://rss.computerworld.com/~r/computerworld/news/feed/~3/hjMGe5EmK6k/Report_Spam_is_at_a_two_year_high
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/

FCC looking into BART mobile phone shutdown, CW
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is looking into last week's
shutdown of mobile phone services on a San Francisco commuter train
line.
http://rss.computerworld.com/~r/computerworld/news/feed/~3/FryFu6krA2g/FCC_looking_into_BART_mobile_phone_shutdown
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/states/ca.htm

FCC reviewing SF subway cell shutdown, CNET
Anonymous plans "peaceful" protest and encourages people to use Wi-Fi
and Bluetooth if BART shuts down cell service again.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20092701-245/fcc-reviewing-sf-subway-cell-shutdown/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/states/ca.htm

SF subway closes stations during peaceful protest, CNET
BART police say crowded station posed safety concern, so stations
closed during commuter rush hour.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20092760-245/sf-subway-closes-stations-during-peaceful-protest/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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AT&T Accidentally Reveals That It Doesn't Need T-Mobile At All, Techdirt
One of the key talking points from AT&T in support of the T-Mobile merger is that it "needs" T-Mobile's spectrum in order to expand its planned 4G/LTE networks to cover 97% of the population. And, there's no doubt that having T-Mobile's spectrum will make it easier, but that's not the same as it being necessary. As Broadband Reports has been pointing out for a while, Verizon has less spectrum than AT&T but can cover the
http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20110812/11574915494/att-accidentally-reveals-that-it-doesnt-need-t-mobile-all.shtml
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Google to buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in cash, its largest deal to date, WAPO
Google Inc. is buying cell phone maker Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. for $12.5 billion in cash. It's by far Google's biggest acquisition and a sign the online search leader is serious about expanding beyond its core Internet business and setting the agenda in the fast-growing mobile market.
http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=70d5714760e3fb43ccd6851e3fdffc32
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/google.htm

Verizon customers see outages as worker strike continues, WAPO
As negotiations over a strike by 45,000 Verizon workers continued to sour, several thousand Washington-area customers experienced service outages caused by what the company called acts of sabotage.
http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=396bee9b136542fb0e276bf715bc5a03
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/verizon.htm

China Gleefully Uses UK Desire For Censorship To Validate Its Own Censorship, Techdirt
We've talked repeatedly of the blatant hypocrisy of many Western nations talking about the importance of internet freedom and condemning China (and others) for their internet censorship... while still wanting to censor at home. As we've warned, such efforts only give repressive regimes who censor the "cover" they need to continue. And, of course, with UK politicians looking to censor the internet to try to stop the riots,
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110812/10553415491/china-gleefully-uses-uk-desire-censorship-to-validate-its-own-censorship.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/china.htm

The 9th Circuit Tackles a Pair of Internet Jurisdiction Cases, Tech & Marketing Law
I'm inclined to agree with Eric that internet personal jurisdiction cases are not the most exciting....
http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2011/08/the_9th_circuit_1.htm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/jurisdiction.htm

Mobile Apps Developer Settles FTC Charges It Violated Children's Privacy Rule, FTC
Company Collected Kids' Information Without Their Parents' Consent
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2011/08/w3mobileapps.shtm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/coppa.htm

Court Says College Can Snoop On Students' Email, Techdirt
There have been plenty of cases where courts have said that it's okay for an employer to snoop on (employer-provided) employee email accounts. And now there's a case saying basically the same thing for colleges and universities. As long as they provided the email system, there's apparently no violation of anti-snooping or data privacy laws. I definitely understand the reasoning here, though one might argue that the
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110812/02193215489/court-says-college-can-snoop-students-email.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/ecpa.htm

Hackers protest BART decision to block cellphones, Globe and Mail
Cyber attack comes in response to decision to block wireless service in several San Francisco stations to thwart planned protest over transit police shooting
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Technology/~3/sc1LTtCRNWo/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/states/ca.htm

BART Takes Heat For Shutting Down Cell Service to Quell Protest - As Anonymous Hacks BART Website in Retaliation, dslreports
While UK politicians are considering banning mobile communications during times of "unrest," some in the U.S. are going right ahead with such actions. Managers of San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) subway system are taking heat from civil liberties groups for shutting off cell service in four city subway stations in order to prevent people from protesting a shooting by a BART police officer. "BART staff or
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/BART-Takes-Heat-For-Shutting-Down-Cell-Service-to-Quell-Protest-115667
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/states/ca.htm

Hackers protest San Francisco transit decision to block cellphones, Globe and Mail
Cyber attack comes in response to decision to block wireless service in several San Francisco stations to thwart planned protest over transit police shooting
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Technology/~3/5dLBH9VBJrA/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/states/ca.htm

Anonymous defaces BART site, leaks user data, CNET
Anonymous logo shows up on Bart.gov and CaliforniaAvoid.org, while user info is also leaked.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-20092221-93/anonymous-defaces-bart-site-leaks-user-data/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/states/ca.htm

Anonymous breaches San Francisco's public transport site, CW
The hacking collective Anonymous released personal data on Sunday belonging to more than 2,000 public transport customers in the San Francisco area in retaliation for the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system's shutdown of mobile phone service on Thursday night.
http://rss.computerworld.com/~r/computerworld/news/feed/~3/NFMdFQH2E80/Anonymous_breaches_San_Francisco_s_public_transport_site
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/states/ca.htm

BART Pulls a Mubarak in San Francisco, EFF
This week, EFF has seen censorship stories move closer and closer to home — first Iran, then the UK, and now San Francisco, an early locus of the modern free speech movement. Operators of the Bay Area Rapid Transit system (BART) shut down cell phone service to four stations in downtown San Francisco yesterday in response to a planned protest. Last month, protesters disrupted BART service in response to the fatal
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/08/bart-pulls-mubarak-san-francisco
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"Hope and curiosity about the future seemed better than guarantees.
That's the way I was. The unknown was always so attractive to me . . .
and still is." Hedy Lamarr (received US patent in 1942 for spread
spectrum technology)

Internet Essentials — An Ambitious and Comprehensive Broadband
Adoption Experiment, Comcast
For more than a decade, there has been a national debate on how to
close the digital divide between those of us who are connected to the
Internet and those who, for a variety of reasons, are not. Both the
Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Commerce's
National Telecommunications and Information Administration have
reported that more than 33% of American homes are still not connected
to
http://blog.comcast.com/2011/08/internet-essentials-an-ambitious-and-comprehensive-broadband-adoption-experiment.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/

Is There A Bandwidth Shortage?, NPR
Movie and video streaming are Internet gas guzzlers. They account for
a huge growing amount of traffic on the Internet, and service
providers are struggling to keep up with demand. CNET Senior Writer
Maggie Reardon talks to Steve Inskeep about whether consumers are
facing a bandwidth shortage.
http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/139520624/is-there-a-band-width-shortage?ft=1&f=1019
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/

U.S. subscribers hang up on cable, satellite; economy, streaming to
blame, Globe and Mail
Analysts estimate subscription-TV industry lost 380,000 subscribers in
second quarter
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Technology/~3/EfNH8Ai2QKc/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/cable.htm

LightSquared says GPS makers ignored filtering rules, CW
GPS vendors have not complied with a 2008 Department of Defense
recommendation that called for better filtering of signals from
adjacent spectrum bands, mobile startup LightSquared told the U.S.
Federal Communications Commission on Thursday.
http://rss.computerworld.com/~r/computerworld/news/feed/~3/byqoHp4XJrE/LightSquared_says_GPS_makers_ignored_filtering_rules
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/gps.htm

FCC asks for more information on LightSquared, GPS, WAPO
The Federal Communications Commission has asked for more information
from LightSquared and the U.S. GPS Industry Council about possible
interference between their networks.
http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=1bf95220eb0653bc203a5c3814ce3602
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/gps.htm

FCC won't guarantee timetable for LightSquared review, Fierce Broadband
FCC officials, in a briefing with reporters earlier this week, made it
clear that they can't guarantee the completion of a review of
LightSquared's proposed plans and its proposed remedies to the GPS
interference problem by by September.
http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/story/fcc-wont-guarantee-timetable-lightsquared-review/2011-08-10?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/gps.htm

DA Realizes That Gizmodo Didn't Break The Law In Writing About Found
iPhone 4 Prototype, Techdirt
You may recall the huge scoop that the site Gizmodo (part of the
Gawker family) got a year and a half ago when it got its hands on a
prototype iPhone 4 that someone had accidentally left in a bar. The
whole thing got weird when police raided then-Gizmodo editor Jason
Chen's house and took all his computer equipment. Many people expected
Chen to be charged with a crime, even if the whole thing seemed silly
(and, really,
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110811/04005015474/da-realizes-that-gizmodo-didnt-break-law-writing-about-found-iphone-4-prototype.shtml
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ISP Tracking Spurs Class-Action Suit, Daily Dashboard
GigaOM reports on researchers' discovery that some Internet service
providers (ISPs) have been rerouting users' online traffic to provide
Web search results "that can generate money for firms selected by the
ISP as well as the ISP itself." The practice has resulted in a
class-action lawsuit against companies Paxfire and RCN, and Sen.
Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) has said he is considering investigating the
practice.
https://www.privacyassociation.org/publications/2011_08_11_isp_tracking_spurs_class-action_suit/#When:15:56:05Z
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Paxfire Responds: Says It Doesn't Hijack Searches, Will Seek Sanctions
Against Lawyers, Techdirt
Last week, we wrote about a lawsuit filed against Paxfire for
supposedly teaming up with ISPs hijacking browser searches for profit.
The idea was that search terms never made it to the search engine in
question, but rather automatically directed users to pages paid for by
marketers. That is, if you searched for "Apple" via your browser
search, rather than having that search Bing (if Bing is your search
engine) for "Apple," it
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110809/17305215460/paxfire-responds-says-it-doesnt-hijack-searches-will-seek-sanctions-against-lawyers.shtml
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Paxfire Snooping Scandal Gets Political Attention - Things Will Soon
Heat Up For ISPs Involved, dslreports
Last week Berkeley researchers and the EFF announced that ten ISPs
were covertly intercepting and sometimes redirecting user search
results for additional profit. This week saw a new lawsuit against
hardware vendor Paxfire and RCN, with Paxfire denying that they've
done anything wrong. The ISPs involved in the traffic hijacking
stopped the practice dead in its tracks once the story broke, but as
expected the
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Paxfire-Snooping-Scandal-Gets-Political-Attention-115637
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Inside the Burdens of the Net Neutrality Rules, Telecom Law Monitor
The Office of Management and Budget does not post the comments it
receives on Paperwork Reduction Act notices, like the FCC's recent
notices regarding the net neutrality rules. But we have them here.
http://feeds.lexblog.com/~r/TelecomLawMonitor/~3/Ok_Ot2LWwMg/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralnprm.htm

Top Internet Activities? Search & Email, Once Again, Pew
What's the most popular internet activity? It's a tie between those
perennial winners, search and email. A new survey finds both are done
by 92% of online adults in the United States.
http://www.pewinternet.org/Media-Mentions/2011/Top-Internet-Activities-Search--Email-Once-Again.aspx
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/statapps.htm

Grading the top 10 U.S. carriers in 2Q, Fierce Broadband
The top U.S. wireless carriers saw growth in subscriber numbers
(Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility and Sprint Nextel) in the second
quarter of 2011. Check out this chart from FierceWireless with details
on the major metrics--such as churn, ARPU and revenue--of each carrier
listed by subscriber base according to Strategy
http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/story/grading-top-10-us-carriers-2q/2011-08-11?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/isp.htm

David Cameron's counterproductive attack on social media, Globe and Mail
Banning or restricting the use of social media networks is a tool of
dictatorial regimes, and British Prime Minister David Cameron sends
the wrong message by announcing his government is considering it.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Technology/~3/udehsUoMKRc/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/europe.htm

Panicked over social media, Mr. Cameron joins company of autocrats,
Globe and Mail
Panicking in the face of an unfamiliar and hard-to-control technology
only enhances their mythos
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Technology/~3/G2Uk-DilB5k/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/europe.htm

The IBM PC Hits the Big 3-0, Xbox Stays in the Top Spot, plus Windows
Phone, Kinect and Internet Explorer, MS
Today is the 30th anniversary of the unveiling of the IBM PC. Earlier
this week, Microsoft Corporate Vice President of Corporate
Communications Frank Shaw opined on what the PC has meant to Microsoft
and the technology industry as a whole and what the future holds for
the PC. Check it out.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2011/08/12/weekend-reading-aug-12th-edition-the-ibm-pc-hits-the-big-3-0-xbox-stays-in-the-top-spot-plus-windows-phone-kinect-and-internet-explorer.aspx
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/europe.htm

An Honest Policy Wonk, Virulent Word of Mouse
Captured regulators routinely take the blame for the ills of
regulatory policy in electricity, telephony, and broadcasting.
http://virulentwordofmouse.wordpress.com/2011/08/10/an-honest-policy-wonk/
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FCC: We won't let LightSquared hurt GPS, CW
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission won't allow LightSquared's proposed mobile broadband service to interfere with GPS signals, even though the potential interference would be caused by GPS receivers picking up signals outside of their spectrum, a group of FCC officials said Tuesday.
http://rss.computerworld.com/~r/computerworld/news/feed/~3/ozhyWhnDtC8/FCC_We_won_t_let_LightSquared_hurt_GPS
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/gps.htm

How To Make A Mockery Of Your Own Law School: Sue Your Critics, Techdirt
Someone named "tuna" was the first of a few of you to point us to the ongoing debacle that is the Thomas M. Cooley Law School. Apparently administrators there aren't too happy about the fact that some of its students were not pleased with the school, and gave the school negative reviews online. So, rather than responding to the complaints or figuring
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110808/02404115428/how-to-make-mockery-your-own-law-school-sue-your-critics.shtml
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Online Defamation, Injunctive Relief, and the Future of Prior Restraint, Citizen's Media
It's sitting there in pretty much every online speech-related defamation complaint you'll find: right along side a request for a visit from our friend Stacks O'Cash, the plaintiff asks for an injunction, forcing the defendant to take down the (allegedly defamatory) post.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CitizenMediaLawProject/~3/J6tR7JZ5zJo/online-defamation-injunctive-relief-and-future-prior-restraint
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ISPs Covertly Hijacking Search Traffic - 10 ISPs Using Paxfire Tech to Track Users, Hijack Results, dslreports
Earlier this year, ICSI researcher Nicholas Weaver told me he and other Berkeley researchers had discovered some strange ISP shenanigans related to search traffic hijacking that went well beyond the traditional DNS Redirection ad services we've talked about over the years. It took a few months to shore up their research with the help of the EFF,
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ISPs-Covertly-Hijacking-Search-Traffic-115547
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralnot.htm

Small ISPs use "malicious" DNS servers to watch Web searches, earn cash, Ars Technica
Nearly 2 percent of all US Internet users suffer from "malicious" domain name system (DNS) servers that don't properly turn website names like google.com into the IP addresses computers need to communicate on the 'Net. And, to make matters worse, the problem isn't caused by hackers or malware, but by the local ISPs people pay for access
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/08/small-isps-turn-to-malicious-dns-servers-to-make-extra-cash.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralnot.htm

Christian Kreibich, Nicholas Weaver and Vern Paxson, with Peter Eckersley, Widespread Hijacking of Search Traffic in the United States, EFF
Earlier this year, two research papers reported the observation of strange phenomena in the Domain Name System (DNS) at several US ISPs. On these ISPs' networks, some or all traffic to major search engines, including Bing, Yahoo! and (sometimes) Google, is being directed to mysterious third party proxies
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/07/widespread-search-hijacking-in-the-us
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralnot.htm

Nicholas Weaver, ICSI, Christian Kreibich, ICSI, Boris Nechaev, HIIT & Aalto University, Vern Paxson, ICSI & UC Berkeley, Implications of Netalyzr's DNS Measurements, ICSI
Netalyzr is a widely used network measurement and diagnosis tool. To date, it has collected 198,000 measurement sessions from 146,000 distinct IP addresses. One of the primary focus areas of Netalyzr is DNS behavior, including DNS resolver
http://www.icir.org/christian/publications/2011-satin-netalyzr.pdf
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Chao Zhang, Polytechnic Institute of NYU, Cheng Huang, Microsoft Research, Keith W. Ross, Polytechnic Institute of NYU, David A. Maltz, Microsoft Research, Jin Li, Microsoft Research, Inflight Modifications of Content: Who are the Culprits?, Paper
When a user requests content from a cloud service provider, sometimes the content sent by the provider is modified inflight by third-party entities. To our knowledge, there is no comprehensive study that examines the extent and primary root causes of the content modifica
http://www.usenix.org/event/leet11/tech/full_papers/Zhang.pdf
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Open Government and the National Plan, White House
Over the last two and a half years, President Obama has demonstrated a strong commitment to making government information more accessible to the public and to involving citizens in decisions that affect their lives. The resulting commitment to "Open Government" has spurred a wide range of initiatives. Most recently, the United States has worked with many other nations to create an Open Government Partnership that will promote that commitment around
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/08/08/open-government-and-national-plan
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Wall Street: Software more valuable than oil, CW
The tech industry's answer to this week's stock market roller coaster was delivered on Tuesday by Apple Inc., which briefly surpassed Exxon Mobil as the most valuable company in the U.S.
http://rss.computerworld.com/~r/computerworld/news/feed/~3/DvZRwi-KEAE/Wall_Street_Software_more_valuable_than_oil
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FCC May Thwart AT&T's Expansion Ambitions, Ecommerce Times
With one brief letter, the Federal Communications Commission has put a stop to any hopes that two pending AT&T deals -- its $1.9 billion purchase of spectrum licenses from Qualcomm and its proposed acquisition of T-Mobile
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/73043.html
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Cablevision's Earnings Stumble - As Carrier Continues to Bleed Basic Cable Subs, dslreports
Like many cable companies, Cablevision continues to struggle with losing basic video subscribers, the company's earnings report today stating Cablevision lost 23,000 subscribers on the quarter. Like other carriers, Cablevision blamed a traditionally weak second quarter showing on a still-stumbling economy, increased pressure from
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Cablevisions-Earnings-Stumble-115598
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Verizon Wireless Falls Flat in Response to Free Press App-Blocking Complaint, Free Press
On Monday, Verizon Wireless submitted its response to Free Press' complaint about the carrier's decision to block subscribers from accessing "tethering" applications on their 4G phones.
http://www.freepress.net/press-release/2011/8/8/verizon-wireless-falls-flat-response-free-press-app-blocking-complaint
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When Even Dilbert Is Making Fun Of The Absurdity Of The Patent System..., Techdirt
The general awfulness of the patent system seems to be reaching deeper and deeper into the mainstream these days. As a whole bunch of you sent in, even Scott Adams is mocking the patent system via a recent Dilbert strip:
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110807/23461115424/when-even-dilbert-is-making-fun-absurdity-patent-system.shtml
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EFF: Court Refuses to Return Seized Domain Name, Circleid
Corynne McSherry reporting from EFF: "In a cursory opinion issued today that left us scratching our heads, a federal judge has ruled that the government does not have to return a domain name seized by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), because its seizure did not create a substantial hardship. ... Puerto 80, the Spanish company
http://www.circleid.com/posts/eff_court_refuses_to_return_seized_domain_name/
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When a cloud service vanishes: How to protect your data, CW
Cloud services are useful and convenient, but when they fail, they can take your data with them. Here are some of the dangers of trusting your data to the cloud, and how to protect yourself.
http://rss.computerworld.com/~r/computerworld/news/feed/~3/DsTFoHL9Ti4/When_a_cloud_service_vanishes_How_to_protect_your_data
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Amazon cloud outage downs Netflix, Quora, CNET
The brief network connectivity issues strike Amazon's northern Virginia site, derailing many sites that depend on the widely used service.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-20089866-93/amazon-cloud-outage-downs-netflix-quora/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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Remarks to the Joint Center Forum on Privacy, Verizon
The Internet economy is sparking tremendous innovation. During the past fifteen years, networked information technologies – personal computers, mobile phones, wireless connections and other devices – have been transforming our social, political and economic
http://policyblog.verizon.com/BlogPost/822/RemarkstotheJointCenterForumonPrivacy.aspx
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DOJ Had 400% More Emergencies That Required Immediate Warrantless Info From ISPs?, Techdirt
Well this seems questionable. Chris Soghoian has received info from a Freedom of Information Act request (which only took 11 months) that shows that the Justice Department made use of a special "emergency" claim to get ISPs to turn over info without a warrant 400% more times in 2009 than in 2008. Of course, in 2009 there was a new
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110805/03270515402.shtml
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Level 3's Top Ten Reasons For Cut Fiber - Hungry Squirrels and Idiots With Guns, dslreports
Light Reading directs our attention to a new post over at the Level 3 Communications blog discussing the top ten causes for severed fiber strands. Not too surprisingly, people not researching before they dig was the biggest culprit. The blog has a few amusing statistics, such as the fact that a huge number of cuts are due to squirrels chewing
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Level-3s-Top-Ten-Reasons-For-Cut-Fiber-115576
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U.S. v. Smallwood, JOLT Digest
The District Court for the Northern District of Texas rejected a First Amendment challenge to the CAN-SPAM criminal statute, which prohibits the computer transmission of "multiple commercial electronic mail messages, with the intent to deceive or mislead recipients . . . . as to the origin of such messages."
http://jolt.law.harvard.edu/digest/district-courts/u-s-v-smallwood
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Bringing Broadband to Rural America: The Home Stretch on USF and ICC Reform, FCC
Since we voted unanimously in February to frame a path forward for fiscally responsible reform of the Universal Service Fund's high-cost program and intercarrier compensation system, the Commission has been diligently reviewing comments, engaging with stakeholders, crunching numbers, and refining proposals. Three public workshops
http://www.fcc.gov/blog/bringing-broadband-rural-america-home-stretch
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Another VoIP-Related Access Charge Issue Makes its Way to the FCC, Telecom Law Monitor
The Commission's long-standing refusal to classify VoIP services continues to feed litigation between telecommunications carriers. Previously, a coalition of carriers asked the courts to decide the issue and it appears likely the FCC will address VoIP at least prospectively, but in the meantime, cases like this will persist.
http://feeds.lexblog.com/~r/TelecomLawMonitor/~3/bR4zQH8pZTg/
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