[Cybertel-Ann] 3.12.8 :: Discrimination = Free Speech :: Privacy Breach = Free Speech :: David's Diatribe :: Jettisoned Common Carriage :: Antiphishing =/= Free Speech ::

Wed Mar 12 14:59:17 PST 2008

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“Infrastructures, for purposes such as transportation
and communication, have long been vital to national
welfare. They knit together a country's economy by
facilitating the movement of people, products,
services, and ideas, and play important roles in
national security.” NSFNET Final Report (1995), p. 4.

More Thoughts of Philly: Three Months After the
Philadelphia Story., Sascha Meinrath
In December 2007, the New America Foundation released
an in-depth report and analysis of the Philadelphia
Wireless project. This New America Foundation report
focused on productive interventions and potential
opportunities for community organizers and
decision-makers, but was met with hostility by
Wireless Philadelphia and Civitium.
http://saschameinrath.com/2008/mar/12/more_thoughts_philly_three_months_after_philadelphia_story
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/muni.htm

Wi-Fi security still too complicated, expert claims,
CW
While the 802.1x protocol can lock down wireless
networks, it isn't being used because it is too
complex, according to one expert.
http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/News/~3/250259470/article.do
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wifi.htm

47 USC 230 Day at the Technology & Marketing Law Blog,
Tech & Marketing Law
Today is 47 USC 230 Day at the Technology & Marketing
Law Blog as we catch up...
http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2008/03/47usc230day.htm
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/samaritan.htm

Snooping as Free Speech: Verizon Claims Revealing
Sensitive Customer Data is Its Right, Peerflow
Verizon is seeking to have a lawsuit filed against it
for allegedly illegally helping the government
eavesdrop on its customers and data mine their call
records dismissed. The company argues that the suit
infringes on the company's First Amendment rights.
http://riskman.typepad.com/peerflow/2008/03/snooping-as-fre.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/cpni.htm

Christians, Rockers and Pro-Choicers Testify for Net
Neutrality, Ecommerce Times
The House Judiciary Committee held a panel hearing on
the issue of net neutrality Tuesday, hearing testimony
from such diverse interests as a rock band, an
abortion rights advocacy group and the Christian
Coalition of America. The unlikely trio converged on
the Hill to call for legislation that would ensure
that cable and telco Internet service providers do not
dole out broadband -- or restrict its use -- for
political reasons. Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich.,
said legislation was needed to codify net neutrality
into law.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/62095.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

"Outraged Diatribe", Isen.blog
Richard Martin missed my measured analytic approach in
my Ecomm talk today in his article today in
Information Week, where he wrote:
http://isen.com/blog/2008/03/diatribe-by-isenberg.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Hands Off: Net Neutrality “Stops Progress” on Better,
More Affordable Broadband, Hands off the Internet
“Free speech is best protected through an unregulated
Internet; an Internet where speech and ideas flow
freely but also an Internet where more people can join
the conversation.
http://handsoff.org/blog/press-releases/hands-off-net-neutrality-%e2%80%9cstops-progress%e2%80%9d-on-better-more-affordable-broadband/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Lawmaker May Use Antitrust For Net Neutrality,
Internet News
Rep. Conyers is telling people he may use antitrust
laws to put net neutrality rules on the books.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/250139958/3733591
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

MPAA Against Net Neutrality, Michael Geist
Jon Healey points to a speech yesterday by MPAA
President Dan Glickman in which he attacks net
neutrality rules as "government regulation of the
Internet" that represents a threat to the motion
picture industry.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MichaelGeistsBlog/~3/250032289/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

FCC hints at taking action against Comcast, CNET
Comcast might get a slap on the wrist from federal
regulators as the agency's chief indicates he is
"troubled" by its response to accusations it was
slowing or blocking P2P traffic.
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9889825-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralp2p.htm

Time Warner Cable Will Be Spun Off - As company shrugs
off FiOS competition
, dslreports
Time Warner Cable executives this week confirmed
speculation that Time Warner will likely spin off Time
Warner Cable, and the move will probably come by
mid-April. Time Warner is trying to shore up their
sagging stock price, so they're making a lot of noise
this week (which includes ditching the perpetually
dysfunctional AOL unit) in an effort to excite
investors. Meanwhile, Time Warner Cable CFO Rob Marcus
insists that FiOS is not taking broadband market share
away from the cable company:
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Time-Warner-Cable-Will-Be-Spun-Off-92568
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/tw.htm

Air Force The Latest To Make Illegal False DMCA Claim,
Techdirt
We've seen way too many bad DMCA takedown notices over
the years, but this latest one may be the most
ridiculous yet. A lawyer representing the Air Force
has issued a takedown notice on an advertisement that
the Air Force released publicly about its cyberdefense
initiatives. There are so many things wrong with this,
it's difficult to know where to start. First off, the
Air Force was using this as an advertisement that they
wanted displayed as widely as possible. In fact, the
Air Force specifically sent the ad to sites like
http://techdirt.com/articles/20080307/162737475.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/dmca.htm

IFPI's New Strategy: Sue ISPs For Not Stopping File
Sharing, Techdirt
Earlier this year, the IFPI was successful in
convincing a court to force a Danish ISP to block
access to the Pirate Bay. Rather than recognizing that
this only helped drive more traffic to the Pirate Bay,
the folks at the IFPI seem to have gotten it into
their heads that the best course of action is to start
suing ISPs for not stopping file sharing. Its first
target is the large Irish ISP Eircom. Eircom points
out all the obvious things: it has no idea what its
users are doing on the network, it's just providing
the network -- and no one had made it aware of any
specific infringing activity. Rather than deal with
those
http://techdirt.com/articles/20080310/173104496.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/p2p.htm

YouTube Developers Allow Users to Build Their Own,
Internet News
Video site offers APIs, continue moves by online media
giants to broaden access for mashups and similar
efforts.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/250188510/3733641
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

Hulu to Open Doors for General Admission, Ecommerce
Times
Hulu, the video Web site from NBC Universal and News
Corp., will open its virtual viewing rooms to the
public Wednesday. Announced nearly one year ago, the
free video streaming site launched in October with an
invitation-only beta. Hulu offers its users a wide
variety of video content from NBC Universal and News
Corp.'s Fox networks and movie studio. Content is also
made available through newly announced tie-ups with
Warner Bros. Television Group, Lionsgate, the National
Basketball Association, the National Hockey League and
some 20 other content providers.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/62070.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

Jettisoned: 8 Centuries of Common Carriage Law,
Peerflow
Someone at CAIDA (presumably kc Claffy by the writing
style), went to
http://riskman.typepad.com/peerflow/2008/03/jettisoned-8-ce.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/common_carrier.htm

Martin Side Stepped Forced FCC Exit - As the cable
industry faces potential lose-lose FCC situation,
dslreports
FCC boss Kevin Martin has recently been accused of
making the cable industry his personal whipping boy.
Some of that is legitimate criticism, given he
frequently hammers the cable industry for things the
phone companies are also doing (note his attack on
cable astroturfing while ignoring similar tactics by
the phone industry). But some decisions are (his a la
carte, indecency pushes in particular) Martin's
attempt to appeal to "family values" groups with one
eye on a post-FCC North Carolina political career.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Martin-Side-Stepped-Forced-FCC-Exit-92539
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/fcc.htm

House Democrats Fight Telecom Wiretap Immunity -
Propose new bill that gives telcos and privacy
advocates their day in court, dslreports
Instead of approving an existing bill that would give
the phone companies retroactive immunity for their
wholesale delivery of user data to Uncle Sam sans
judicial oversight, House Democrats yesterday unveiled
their own wiretapping bill (pdf copy).
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/House-Democrats-Fight-Telecom-Wiretap-Immunity-92556
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/fisa.htm

House Democrats refuse to delete pending spy lawsuits,
CNET
New bill would not shield phone and Internet companies
from lawsuits alleging illegal cooperation with the
Feds. It's already under attack from the White House.
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9891367-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/fisa.htm

A Free Speech Double Whammy: Flawed Anti-Phishing Bill
Would Dilute Trademark Fair Use and Anonymity
Protections, EFF
Congress is contemplating a so-called “Anti-Phishing
Consumer Protection Act” (APCPA) that takes an odd
view of consumer protection. In the name of stopping
phishing schemes, Senator Olympia Snowe has introduced
S. 2661, a bill that would expand trademark law, limit
consumer access to information about competitive
products, and eviscerate key protections for anonymous
speech. Co-sponsors are Senators Bill Nelson and Ted
Stevens (yes, THAT Ted Stevens)
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/03/free-speech-double-whammy-flawed-anti-phishing-bill-would-dilute-trademark-fair-us
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/phish.htm

Defend Your Right to Free Speech: Tell the FCC to
Protect Text Messaging!, pk
Next up in our campaign for open phones and an open
Internet is the Public Knowledge-Free Press petition
that seeks to ensure that wireless phone companies do
not block your text messages. Here are the facts:
Verizon wireless blocked its customers from receiving
NARAL Pro-Choice America action alert text messages –
messages that Verizon customers had asked to receive -
because it deemed those messages to be too
controversial. While Verizon reversed its decision in
the NARAL case, the company still maintains that it
can decide who their customers can communicate with.
And although Verizon promised Congress that it would
develop a new text message policy some five months
ago, we have yet to see it.
http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/250275009/1447
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/email.htm

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