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FCC Releases Broadband Data Order For Census-Tract Data, Tech Liberation Front
In an effort to increase the data that the Federal Communications Commission has available as it designs broadband policies, on Thursday the FCC ordered broadband providers to provide the agency with more detailed information.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techliberation/~3/313001148/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/706.htm

FCC improves broadband data collection, Muni
The FCC has published a Report and Order that makes significant changes to the way it collects data concerning broadband in the United States. At present, ISPs report the number of broadband subscribers based on ZIP codes; from now on, however, they have to report those numbers base on census track. In addition, ISPs have to break down the number of subscribers based upon broadband speeds: 200 Kbps to 768 Kbps; 768 Kbps to 1.5 Mbps; 1.5 Mbps to 3 Mbps; and so on. ISPs also have to report upload and download speeds. Unfortunately the FCC still defines broadband as 200 Kbps.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/muniwireless/~3/312426905/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/706.htm

White House Keeps Pushing For Telecom Immunity - Latest proposal gives 'get out of jail free card' on White House letterhead…, dslreports
It appears the Bush administration is still doing its best to deliver legal immunity to Verizon, AT&T and Sprint for their role in handing over consumer voice and Internet data to the NSA without a court order. The latest effort, according to Reuters, would permit court dismissal of some 40 lawsuits -- if carriers can show they were given written assurances that their participation in the U.S. government's warrantless domestic spying program was legal and authorized by President George W. Bush. Voting on this latest "compromise" could come within weeks.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/White-House-Keeps-Pushing-For-Telecom-Immunity-95326
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/fisa.htm

Update on Michigan muni Wi-Fi projects: wireless Oakland county and others delayed, Muni
The Detroit Free Press posted a good summary of city and county wireless projects in Michigan: Wireless Oakland county, one of the most publicized countywide wireless projects, has a running pilot program, but the county has delayed the expansion of the network throughout its jurisdiction. Similarly, Washtenaw county with its 28 square mile network, has run into difficulty convincing investors to expand its network. Click here to read about what’s happening in Wayne, Macomb and Livingston counties.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/muniwireless/~3/312934565/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/muni.htm

Free Wi-Fi In San Francisco Before Year's End - Meraki repeaters are seen throughout the city, dslreports
San Francisco has been steadily working on rolling out free Wi-Fi for residents on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood basis. The city is doing this with the help of Meraki, a company which places repeaters on residential rooftops in order to make residential ISP bandwidth available to others in the area. One big chunk of residences getting these repeaters is the affordable housing units of San Francisco
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Free-WiFi-In-San-Francisco-Before-Years-End-95310
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/muni.htm

Unused "white space" spectrum and wireless microphones, Google
In previous postings, we've made the case that the TV "white spaces" could be used to provide broadband internet for all Americans without harming current users of this spectrum (TV broadcasters and wireless microphone users). In a new white paper, we make the case that better use of the white spaces could actually lead to new, vastly superior wireless microphones, rather than pose a threat to live events.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GooglePublicPolicyBlog/~3/313175017/unused-white-space-spectrum-and.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wireless.htm

Blogger arrests hit record high, BBC
More than 64 people have been jailed for using blogs as a means of protest since 2003, finds a US report.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/technology/7456357.stm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/firsta.htm

Google To Help You Monitor ISP Throttling - Chiming in more actively on the net neutrality issue, dslreports
Google has long been an active voice in the net neutrality conversation and now plans to put its money where its mouth is by developing software which will allow users to monitor ISP throttling on their computers.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Google-To-Help-You-Monitor-ISP-Throttling-95308
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Google prepping broadband-monitoring tools, CNET
Internet giant is reportedly developing a suite of tools to help broadband users identify traffic discrimination by their Internet service providers.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9968972-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

The Future of the Internet Economy: A statistical profile, OECD
The statistical profile, prepared for the OECD Ministerial meeting on the Future of the Internet Economy taking place in Seoul on 17-18 June, compares major trends in the diffusion of the Internet across OECD and selected non-OECD countries.
http://www.oecd.org/department/0,3355,en_2649_34223_1_1_1_1_1,00.html?rssChId=34223#40835023
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/

The Future of the Internet Economy: A statistical profile, OECD
The statistical profile, prepared for the OECD Ministerial meeting on the Future of the Internet Economy taking place in Seoul on 17-18 June, compares major trends in the diffusion of the Internet across OECD and selected non-OECD countries.
http://www.oecd.org/topic/0,3373,en_2649_37441_1_1_1_1_37441,00.html?rssChId=37441#40835023
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/

When breaking news breaks copyright, Tech & Marketing Law
Community blog Drudge Retort receives DMCA notices from the Associated Press for links, quotes. by Ethan Ackerman Rogers Cadenhead is...
http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2008/06/when_breaking_n.htm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/link.htm

What's fair when it comes to fair use?, CNET
On the Daily Debrief, CNET News.com's Dan Farber considers the controversy over the Associated Press's interpretation of the blogosphere's use of its content.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-9969830-60.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/link.htm

Associated Press Digs Its Own Grave Deeper; Wants To Create Its Own Fair Use Rules, Techdirt
On Friday, the story about the Associated Press threatening a blogger for using short snippets of AP stories with links back to the original as somehow being copyright infringement got a ton of attention. It was a clear case of the AP overstepping its bounds -- which goes against everything the organization claimed it would do. As more and more people complained, the AP figured it needed to do something to respond to the complaints -- though, it's choice of somethings proved rather ill-conceived.
http://techdirt.com/articles/20080616/0635571413.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/link.htm

Associated Press Sends DMCA Takedown to Drudge Retort, Backpedals, and Now Seeks to Define Fair Use for Bloggers, Citizens Media Law
Last week, the Associated Press ("AP") sent a takedown request under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to Rogers Cadenhead, the founder of Drudge Retort, a liberal alternative to (and parody of) the well-known Drudge Report, demanding that he remove six user-submitted blog entries and one user comment on the site that contained quotations from AP articles. Today, the New York Times reported that AP was reconsidering its request while it creates a set of guidelines for bloggers and websites that excerpt AP material.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CitizenMediaLawProject/~3/313329595/associated-press-sends-dmca-takedown-drudge-retort-backpedals-and-now-seeks-define-fair-us
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/link.htm

AP rethinking blogger use of its content, Lost Remote
Last week the Associated Press sent the Drudge Retort (with a “t” not a “p”) a letter asking that it remove excerpts of AP content — 39 to 79 words in length — saying it was a copyright infringement. Over the weekend, the AP backed off a bit on the letter, but said it was taking a new look at non-member bloggers and their use of AP content “when we feel the use is more reproduction than reference.” This, as you might imagine, has riled up the blogging masses. TechCrunch, for example, has banned AP stories on the site. “The AP doesn’t get to make it’s own rules around how its content is used, if those rules are stricter than the law allows,” writes Michael
http://www.lostremote.com/2008/06/16/ap-rethinking-blogger-use-of-its-content/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/link.htm

Very bad news for newspapers, Lost Remote
Print advertising sales dropped a record 14 percent in the first quarter, reports the Newspaper Association of America. Real estate and recruitment ads fell 35 percent. Meanwhile, newspapers’ online revenue grew 7 percent over last year: the smallest gain since the industry group began reporting online sales growth in 2004.
http://www.lostremote.com/2008/06/14/very-bad-news-for-newspapers/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

Today on Telecom Mythbusters: FCC Ancillary Authority in Comcast/BitTorrent, Tales from the Sausage Factory
Cable gets a lot of mileage out of repeating things over and over until folks believe it's true. Today on Telecom Mythbusters I'd like to focus on the question of “ancillary” authority and regulating broadband. The cable guys general..
http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1199
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/juris.htm

EFF Asks Appeals Court To Rehear Case On Laptop Searches At The Border, Techdirt
Back in April, we noted that an appeals court reversed the one lower court ruling that found that customs agents at the border were overstepping their bounds by searching and confiscating travelers' laptops without probable cause. This brought the 9th circuit into alignment with our circuits, so that, generally speaking, it appeared our judicial system had decided that your 4th Amendment rights do not apply at the border. This is particularly problematic for laptops, because unlike tangible goods that you pack, you don't choose to "pack" all the data on your laptop. In other words, with most tangible goods you bring across the border, it's done as a proactive choice. With the data on your laptop, it's the opposite. Unless you proactively delete it from your computer, it's there.
http://techdirt.com/articles/20080613/0145471396.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/bigbrother.htm

Internet suicide case goes to federal court, Wash Post
A Missouri woman accused of taking part in a MySpace hoax that ended with a 13-year-old girl's suicide has so far avoided state charges _ but not federal ones.
http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/index_xml/~3/312999796/AR2008061600432.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/crime.htm

North Carolina supreme court reverses employee hard drive removal decision, Internet Cases
Removal of hard drive and false claim of copyright ownership in company website and catalogs were misconduct sufficient to disqualify former employee from receiving unemployment benefits.
http://blog.internetcases.com/2008/06/15/north-carolina-supreme-court-reverses-employee-hard-drive-removal-decision/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/crime.htm

Report: Deal to Stop Courts From Ruling on Illegal Warrantless Wiretaps Imminent, EFF
Today The Hill and Congressional Quarterly are reporting that a deal has been reached on legislation to amend FISA, which will include retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies. Under the guise of a compromise, the legislation is designed to ensure that the only issue the courts will review is whether or not the President told the telecoms that their conduct was legal, but not whether the conduct actually was legal.
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/06/report-deal-stop-courts-ruling-illegal-warrantless
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/fisa.htm

SPIT is in Everyone's Mouth, Though Not Yet in Everyone's Ears, CircleID
Spam over Internet Telephony (SPIT) is viewed by many as a daunting threat. SPIT is much more fatal than email spam, for the annoyance and disturbance factor is much higher. Various academic groups and the industry have made some efforts to find ways to mitigate SPIT. Most ideas in that field are leaning on classical IT security concepts such as intrusion detection systems, black-/white-/greylists, Turing tests/computational puzzles, reputation systems, gatekeeper solutions, etc... We identified the lack of a benchmark testbed for SPIT as a serious gap in the current
http://www.circleid.com/posts/86168_spit_everyones_mouth_not_ears/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/

Elections in the Internet era, Google
Days after the close of the U.S. presidential primaries, political pundits, campaign strategists, journalists, technologists, and others gathered at our Washington office to discuss how the "first 21st century campaign" is changing politics as we know it. Topics ranged from the democratization of voices in the media to the power of small donors and community organizers to Lindsay Lohan's political clout.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GooglePublicPolicyBlog/~3/313374198/elections-in-internet-era.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/vote/

So maybe the Internet is a cure for stupidity after all, 
The Pew study on the Internet and the 2008 elections gives cause for hope that maybe, just maybe, the spinmeisters won't be able to run their usual line of jive in the coming presidential contest.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-9968429-60.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/vote/2008.htm

The Internet and the 2008 Election, Pew
A record-breaking 46% of Americans have already used the internet for politics this election season and Barack Obama's backers have an edge. This report documents the rise of political videos, social networking activity related to politics, the growth of online campaign donations, and the general views of internet users about the impact of the internet on politics.
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/252/source/rss/report_display.asp
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/vote/2008.htm

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