[Cybertel-Ann] 4.7 :: BB Stimulus :: OSTWG :: Open Wireless :: Net Neutrality :: US Ranked 17th :: DNSSEC :: Australia :: AP to sue Aggregators :: Anniversary of RFC #1 ::

Tue Apr 7 08:53:41 PDT 2009

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NTIA Testimony: Broadband Stimulus Funding Should Support Social and Economic Justice., Sascha
Below is my testimony before NTIA from March 16, 2009. While most of the other folks who presented focused on the impacts for corporations, I wanted to bring the conversation back
http://saschameinrath.com/2009/apr/03/ntia_testimony_broadband_stimulus_funding_should_support_social_and_economic_justice
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/stimulus.htm

Why NTIA Should Tell NARUC “Thanks, But We Can Manage the Stimulus Spending Just Fine.”, Tales from the Sausage Factory
OK, I get that when you are a trade association you push for your members. But this is silly. The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) has sent a letter to the National Telecommunications Information Administration (...
http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1503
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/stimulus.htm

CDT's Morris Named to Online Safety and Technology Working Group, CDT
CDT's John Morris has been appointed to the "Online Safety and Technology Working Group," run by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.  The working group was
http://www.cdt.org/headlines/1197
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/reports.htm

Group urges FCC to open AT&T's 3G to Skype on iPhone, CW
An advocacy group asked the FCC to decide whether AT&T and Apple broke federal rules by blocking iPhone owners from using the Skype voice-over-IP service on AT&T's 3G wireless network.
http://feeds.computerworld.com/click.phdo?i=4c7134dd2cfec3663e0b5ae17ebe6f94
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/cpe.htm

FCC Pressed To Defend Wireless Open Internet, Consumer Affairs
AT&T, T-Mobile accused of cutting services, blocking applications
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2009/04/fp_fcc_wireless.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/cpe.htm

The FCC teaches me a lesson: Don't complain, Ars Technica
Four separate times over the course of eight densely typewritten pages, the letter from the Federal Communications Commission to me mentions the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
http://feeds.computerworld.com/click.phdo?i=1fcb734861255256fa0f7a8ca05763ef
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/enforce.htm

FCC Looks Ahead to Net Neutrality, Privacy, Internet News
Top agency advisors look ahead to the simmering issues likely to boil over this year at the FCC.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/cqoqft3iDGY/3813751
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Copps: FCC needs fifth net neutrality principle, Ars Technica
Interim Federal Communications Commission chair Michael Copps has just called for a fifth Internet non-discrimination principle that would be added to the
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/a-pre-history-of-the-fccs-fifth-internet-rule.ars
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

U.S. falls to 17th in U.N. broadband rankings, Speed Matters
In a report that ranked 154 countries on their advanced use of information and communications technology, the United States fell from 11th to 17th between 2002 and 2007.
http://www.speedmatters.org/blog/us-falls-to-17th-in-broadband-rankings.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/broadband.htm

Crypto-politics creeps into DNSSEC, IGP
While the fight over using cryptography to protect personal communications was allegedly "won" during the late 1990s, the battle over using it to protect critical Internet resources is just heating
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IGPBlog/~3/uNbg1sTLSik/4142793.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/security.htm

Australia Moves to Build High-Speed Network, NYT
The eight-year, $31 billion project will be one of the largest state-sponsored Internet infrastructure upgrades in the world.
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=4d2cc50c5fbc0bdf60c4a91afefc9ba7
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/asia.htm

A.P. Seeks to Rein in Sites Using Its Content, NYT
As advertising dollars shrink and newspapers close, the news media organization threatens legal action unless sites obtain permission to use articles and share revenue.
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=fbc7039cb53397ca8c855e2937e58cd8
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/link.htm

Some questions related to Google News and the Associated Press, Google
Yesterday I entered the following search in Google News: [Phish in mountain view]. The search results led me to click on this headline, which took me to the full story by the San Jose Mercury
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GooglePublicPolicyBlog/~3/FD4I7Ga4e7I/some-questions-related-to-google-news.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/link.htm

AP Says It's Going To Sue Aggregators, Techdirt
Given some of the Associated Press's recent actions, this won't come as a surprise, but the AP has now announced that it will start suing any news aggregator that doesn't share its profits with
http://techdirt.com/articles/20090406/1515164406.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/link.htm

AP launches campaign against Internet "misappropriation", Ars Technica
We'd better hope it's not "hot news" that the Associated Press announced "an aggressive effort to track down copyright violators on the Internet" at its
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/ap-launches-campaign-against-internet-misappropriation.ars
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/link.htm

AP threatens to sue aggregators, search engines, Lost Remote
Today the AP came out swinging against web sites that post its content without authorization.  According to the New York Times, the AP is especially concerned about search engines and
http://www.lostremote.com/2009/04/06/ap-threatens-to-sue-aggregators-search-engines/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/link.htm

97 Of The Top 100 Online Classified Sites Are Craigslist, Techdirt
Well here's a little nugget of information that show you just how dominant Craigslist has become in the online classifieds space. A new report suggests that 97 of the top 100 online classified
http://techdirt.com/articles/20090403/0323364374.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

Steve Crocker on the 40th Anniversary of RFC #1, CircleID
Today marks the 40th anniversary of request for comments (RFC) documents that, as Steve Crocker who wrote the first RFC says, have shaped the inner workings of the Internet and have
http://www.circleid.com/posts/steve_crocker_40th_anniversary_rfc/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/internet.htm

Obama Administration Embraces Bush Position on Warrantless Wiretapping and Secrecy, EFF
The Obama administration formally adopted the Bush administration's position that the courts cannot judge the legality of the National Security Agency's (NSA's) warrantless wiretapping program, filing a motion to dismiss Jewel v. NSA late Friday.
http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2009/04/05
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/bigbrother.htm

Cybersecurity review scrutinizing telecom policy, CNET
The government may have to take a new approach to securing the nation's telecommunications infrastructure, two senior administration officials said Friday.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10212101-38.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-PoliticsandLaw
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/reliability.htm

Senators introduce bill to limit mobile spam, CW
Two U.S. senators have introduced a bill that would set new restrictions on the ability of organizations to send unsolicited commercial text messages, or mobile spam, to cell phones.
http://feeds.computerworld.com/click.phdo?i=02c6fa2eba4ad7cb848466f340fc6096
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/fcc.htm

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