[Cybertel-Ann] 4.21 :: Child Safe Viewing Act :: BBand Caps :: Domain Name Seizures :: ICANN :: IPv4 Depletion :: Aneesh Chopra :: DMCA & Fair Use ::

Tue Apr 21 09:02:06 PDT 2009

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CDT Urges FCC to Avoid Filtering and Other Mandates, CDT
CDT yesterday filed two set of comments with the Federal Communications Commission in response to the Child Safe Viewing Act, in which Congress asked the FCC to assess tools to help parents guide their children's television and content viewing. In joint comments filed on behalf of a coalition of industry and public interest groups, as well as
http://www.cdt.org/headlines/1200
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/reports.htm

Google tips FCC about new YouTube comment filtering system, Ars Technica
Google has told the Federal Communications Commission that the search engine giant is working on a new filtering mechanism for YouTube. The site's engineers are developing "a number of initiatives
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/google-developing-new-you-tube-comment-filtering-system.ars
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/reports.htm

Major Filings in FCC’s “Child Safe Viewing Act” Notice of Inquiry, Tech Lib Front
As anyone who has spent time searching for comments on the FCC’s website can tell you, the agency doesn’t exactly have the most user-friendly website.  In the interest of making it easier for others to read the comments that came in last week in the agency’s “Child Safe Viewing Act” Notice of Inquiry, I have compiled all the major
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techliberation/~3/30_zbSBSjZw/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/reports.htm

"Internet Openness: Net Neutrality and Beyond" @ Cardozo Law School: April 21, 2009, Sascha
Tomorrow I'm keynoting at the "Internet Openness: Net Neutrality and Beyond" event at the Cardozo Law School in New York City. It should be a spirited discussion since I'm debating with Berin Szoka from the Progress and Freedom Foundation (a right-leaning, market fundamentalist think tank). Interestingly enough, I've spoken with Adam
http://saschameinrath.com/2009/apr/20/internet_openness_net_neutrality_and_beyond_cardozo_law_school_april_21_2009
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Bogus Consumer Group To 'Educate' You On Metered Billing - The quest to 'correct' your flawed perception begins..., dslreports
Last week, Time Warner Cable shelved the expansion of their metered billing plan in reaction to unprecedented consumer backlash. However, the tone of their announcement made it very clear they'd be returning to the plan after they "educated" all of their "confused" consumers.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Bogus-Consumer-Group-To-Educate-You-On-Metered-Billing-102023
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/tiers.htm

Is AT&T Doing Bait & Switch On Broadband Caps?, Techdirt
You would think with the PR nightmare surrounding capped broadband that forced Time Warner Cable to at least temporarily back off limiting broadband, that other broadband providers would be a lot more careful. However, Gigaom reports that some AT&T U-verse customers are discovering the broadband that AT&T is selling them is
http://techdirt.com/articles/20090420/1849324587.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/tiers.htm

EFF Urges Kentucky Judges to Uphold Block on Domain Name Seizure, EFF
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), and the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky (ACLU of Kentucky) on Friday urged the Kentucky Supreme Court to uphold an appeals court ruling that blocked state officials from ordering out-of-state registrars to turn over control of
http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2009/04/20
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/

Upcoming Event: Congressional Seminar on "ICANN & Internet Governance: How Did We Get Here & Where Are We Heading?", IGP
IGP's Milton Mueller will be a panelist at a Congressional Seminar, "ICANN & Internet Governance: How Did We Get Here & Where Are We Heading?," hosted by the Progress & Freedom Foundation on April 24, 2009 from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. in Room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IGPBlog/~3/jxfiXZEYgR0/4156285.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/icann.htm

ARIN Outreach on IPv4 Depletion, ARIN
No description
https://www.arin.net/announcements/2009/20090420.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm

Aneesh Chopra as Chief Technology Officer, Google
President Obama's appointment today of Aneesh Chopra as the country's first Chief Technology Officer is an important step in bringing the federal government's information systems into the 21st century. As Virginia's technology czar Aneesh has been relentless in applying technology to make government work better for citizens --
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GooglePublicPolicyBlog/~3/yqgB9PnkX8Q/aneesh-chopra-as-chief-technology.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/egov/

Obama's New CTO Will Be Innovation Ambassador, PK
A word to the wise for those who might have occasion to work with Aneesh Chopra, President Obama’s newly designated Chief Technology Officer, from a colleague who has worked with him for the past three years: “Put on your roller skates. He moves at 100 miles an hour.”
http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/szZvIR5PS9o/2105
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/egov/

AT&T's Own Metered Billing Plans Move Forward - Users in trial markets not told of caps until AFTER signing up?, dslreports
Time Warner Cable may have slightly buckled (for now) on their plans to institute low caps and high overages, but AT&T is still testing their own metered billing system in Beaumont, Texas, and Reno Nevada. A DSL user near Lake Tahoe complains to GigaOM that users in this market aren't told about the caps until after they sign up for service.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATTs-Own-Metered-Billing-Plans-Move-Forward-102010
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/att.htm

AT&T Warns Users Of Callvantage Shut Down - 'Sometime in 2009,' but no news on rumored new VoIP product..., dslreports
Last summer we noted that AT&T was no longer taking new orders for their Callvantage VoIP service. The company of course wanted to begin pushing their U-Verse Voice VoIP product a little harder, but employees also hinted to us that AT&T was cooking up a new bring your own broadband (BYOB) VoIP offering as well. This week finds several
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-Warns-Users-Of-Callvantage-Shut-Down-102022
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/att.htm

Swedish ISP Starts Deleting Log Files To Protect Users From IPRED Law, Techdirt
There's been plenty of attention paid to Sweden's new IPRED law, which requires ISPs to hand over identifying information on those accused of file sharing -- but we've already noted that all the law is really doing is driving people to alternatives, such as encryption. And, now, it appears that even ISPs are recognizing that it just makes
http://techdirt.com/articles/20090416/1744494531.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/copyright.htm

CNN Follows Fox News In Using DMCA To Take Down Fair Use Videos, Techdirt
What is it with cable news channels for being thinskinned the second some bloggers start posting criticism? Earlier this year, Fox News used the DMCA to take down videos that were being used in commentary, and then sought to force the site to waive its fair use rights for future video usage. So, that give liberals a chance to laugh at
http://techdirt.com/articles/20090418/1702514549.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/fair.htm

Denver news startup backs off on goal, Lost Remote
InDenverTimes.com was an experiment born from the ashes of the Rocky Mountain News. Organizers said it would take 50,000 paid subscribers by April 23rd to convince them to turn the experiment into a full-fledged operation. But as we’ve mentioned before, 50,000 in a market the size of Denver is a huge number — impossible, really,
http://www.lostremote.com/2009/04/17/denver-news-startup-backs-off-on-goal/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

Turnitin Errata: CFAA "Loss" Occurred After Complaint Was Filed, Techlaw
Yesterday's blog post about the Fourth Circuit's A.V. v. iParadigms decision fretted about the fact that the court had breathed life back into what I thought was a pretty weak computer fraud claim. This morning I looked through the lower court's docket and learned that the defendant's "losses" were for time spent evaluating its Web site's code
http://pblog.bna.com/techlaw/2009/04/turnitin-errata-cfaa-loss-occurred-after-complaint-was-filed-.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/crime.htm

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