From rcannon100 at yahoo.com Tue Sep 1 10:33:57 2009 From: rcannon100 at yahoo.com (Robert Cannon) Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 10:33:57 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Cybertel-Ann] 9.1 :: Internet Mid Life Crisis :: Whose a Contrarian? :: Revolving Doors :: Violating TOS Not Fed Crime :: Power to Kill Net :: Message-ID: <275139.74524.qm@web37906.mail.mud.yahoo.com> ============================================ CyberTelecom News Federal Internet Law and Policy ============================================ 'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less.' 'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things.' 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master -- that's all.' - Alice in Wonderland Broadband?s contribution to economic growth, who is a contrarian?, Virulent Word Mouse Let me begin this post by declaring ? without reservation ? that I just love what technology and innovation can do to an economy. No, that is not a strong enough declaration. Let me say it this way: I am a card carrying member of the club that believes a substantial amount of economic http://virulentwordofmouse.wordpress.com/2009/09/01/broadbands-contribution-to-economic-growth-who-is-a-contrarian/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm FCC Hires Industry Shill to Develop US National Broadband Plan, Open Left The FCC's broadband task force is tasked with developing our national broadband policy. This is a project that FCC Commissioner Michael Copps ranks of the highest importance: http://www.openleft.com/diary/14837/fcc-hires-industry-shill-to-develop-us-national-broadband-plan More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm How FCC Red Tape Slows New Wireless Technologies and What To Do About It,, CommLawBlog Our colleague Mitchell Lazarus is featured in the current issue of IEEE Spectrum magazine. His article, ?Radio?s Regulatory Roadblocks ? How FCC Red Tape Slows New Wireless Technologies and What To Do About It,? is now available at this http://feeds.lexblog.com/~r/CommLawBlog/~3/ZZduLEy_neA/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wireless.htm Social Network and SMS Scam to Watch Out For (And Tell Your Teens About), Ask Mariam Our recent cell phone bill revealed a new cybercrime to me. First, my husband noticed a mysterious $9.99 "premium services" charge on the bill for my oldest child's line. He asked her if she'd signed up for any text services or paid for a ringtone. When she proclaimed her http://community.norton.com/t5/Ask-Marian/Social-Network-and-SMS-Scam-to-Watch-Out-For-And-Tell-Your-Teens/ba-p/139178 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm Chairman Rockefeller Statement on the Child Safe Viewing Act Report, Senate Commerce No description http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=6b558b96-ea17-41a5-99b1-cb291063222b More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/reports.htm Does the FCC Have Jurisdiction to Regulate Wireless Handsets?, telefrieden No description http://telefrieden.blogspot.com/2009/09/does-fcc-have-jurisdiction-to-regulate.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/cpe.htm Americans Watched 21.4 Billion Videos in July, Largest Number Ever Recorded, CircleID According to the latest report released by comScore for the month of July, 58 million U.S. Internet users watched online video during the month, the largest audience ever recorded. Online video reached another all-time high in July with a total of 21.4 billion videos viewed during http://www.circleid.com/posts/americans_watched_214_billion_videos_in_july/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/statapps.htm No Summer Break for IPv6, CircleID In India we saw the Department of Telecommunications take action. Late July the Telecom Engineering Centre organized a seminar where the recommendations for IPv4 to IPv6 transition put forward by the regulator (TRAI) were adopted. http://www.circleid.com/posts/20090831_no_summer_break_for_ipv6/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm Dreadful Ruling: Web Hosts Hit With $32 Million Judgment For Content On Customers' Websites, Techdirt Well, this is bad. We've worried in the past about the lack of a specific safe harbor to protect trademark infringement claims being brought against third party service providers. The DMCA has a safe harbor that protects against copyright claims, and the CDA has a safe harbor that http://techdirt.com/articles/20090831/1600056056.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/trademark.htm Newsday Won't Run FiOS Ads - Paper, despite newspaper slump, 'rejects ads at its own discretion', dslreports According to the New York Times, Cablevision-owned Newsday has decided they'll no longer be running ads for Verizon's FiOS fiber to the home service, which obviously competes with Cablevision's Optimum Online service. Until a few months ago, Verizon had been buying full http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Newsday-Wont-Run-FiOS-Ads-104213 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/verizon.htm Revolving Door Between Lobbyists, FCC Continues - One FCC'er heads to cable, while think tanker heads to FCC..., dslreports Part of the continuing problem with the telecom sector (well, most sectors, and not just in the States) is that there's a revolving door between industry lobbyists and regulators, which creates a legion of regulators who simply nod dumbly at corporations as they search for their next paying http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Revolving-Door-Between-Lobbyists-FCC-Continues-104171 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/fcc.htm This Doesn't Bode Well: FCC Can't Figure Out Online Streaming For Its Own Meetings, Techdirt If there were any gov't body that you would hope would have a handle on basic things like online streaming of video and audio, it would be the FCC, which is supposed to be regulating communications, right? But... that's not how the government works. During yesterday's meeting, http://techdirt.com/articles/20090828/0055076030.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/fcc.htm The Internet at 40, Globe and Mail Goofy videos weren't on the minds of Len Kleinrock and his team at UCLA when they began tests 40 years ago on what would become the Internet. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Technology/~3/GgBIrqLYZLY/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/internet.htm Happy birthday Internet, welcome to your mid-life crisis, Globe and Mail At the ripe old age of 40, the Internet is more widely available and faster than ever but artificial barriers threaten to constrict its growth http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Technology/~3/epYNXgeWzFQ/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/internet.htm Everyone should know the history of the Internet, Michael Kaiser Do you know what happened on September 2, 1969 just 53 days after Apollo 11 landed on the moon and why it?s an important date in Internet history? Well you should. We all should. http://www.staysafeonline.info/blog/everyone-should-know-history-internet More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/internet.htm Facebook Users To Get More Privacy; Developers, Less Freedom, CW On Facebook, the struggle to figure out who owns and accesses our data remains years away from any resolution - if we ever reach one. Yesterday, Facebook announced that it would act to shore up some privacy concerns that were voiced a month ago by Jennifer Stoddart, the privacy http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9137231/Facebook_Users_To_Get_More_Privacy_Developers_Less_Freedom?source=rss_news More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/ Bill giving Obama power to shut Web takes on new tone, CW The second draft of a Senate cybersecurity bill appears to tone down language that would grant President Obama the power to shut down the Internet. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9137294/Bill_giving_Obama_power_to_shut_Web_takes_on_new_tone?source=rss_news More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/ Bill Would Give Obama ?Cybersecurity Emergency? Powers, Tech Lib Front According to a report by CNET?s Declan McCullagh, a draft bill in the U.S. Senate would grant President Obama ?cybersecurity emergency powers? to disconnect and even seize control of private sector computers on the Internet. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techliberation/~3/NTKnMAAuoCY/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/ Wouldn't The Last Thing We Want During A 'Cybersecurity Emergency' Be For The Gov't To Take Over Private Networks?, Techdirt A bunch of folks are sending in this News.com story about a draft of the latest cybersecurity bill, that still includes bizarre and totally unnecessary language that would allow the President to declare a cybersecurity emergency and then be able to take control over private computer http://techdirt.com/articles/20090828/1320056041.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/ Privacy Office approves laptop searches without suspicion at U.S. borders, CW Travelers arriving at U.S. borders may soon be confronted with their laptops, PDAs, and other digital devices being searched, copied and even held by customs agents -- all without need to show suspicion for cause. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9137315/Privacy_Office_approves_laptop_searches_without_suspicion_at_U.S._borders_?source=rss_news More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/bigbrother.htm Cyber Bullying Case Officially Dismissed for Vagueness, Wired The judge who oversaw the Lori Drew case releases his final ruling explaining why he overturned her misdemeanor convictions: to protect thousands of website users from the threat of unjust prosecutions. http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/politics/~3/Pu18pj4G840/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/cfaa.htm Judge Issues Opinion Overturning Lori Drew's Conviction, Citizen's Media As originally reported by Orin Kerr at The Volokh Conspiracy, a federal district judge in California issued an opinion on Friday overturning the jury verdict finding Lori Drew guilty of a misdemeanor violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). Judge Wu ruled that accepting the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CitizenMediaLawProject/~3/slN-X33QBms/judge-issues-opinion-overturning-lori-drews-conviction More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/cfaa.htm Lori Drew Verdict Finally Overturned, Center for Internet and Society I write extensively in Chapter 8 of my new book,The Laws of Disruption about the madness of prosecuting Lori Drew, a Missouri woman, for her participation in a cruel MySpace hoax that contributed to the suicide of a 13 year-old girl named Megan Meier. Drew's behavior aside, the http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/6246 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/crime.htm DHS Cybersecurity Chief: We Want to Build Cybersecurity Into DNA of Infrastructure, CircleID The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity top official Phil Reitinger was recently interviewed by the InformationWeek stating: "Cybersecurity always has been and always will be a distributed effort. If people want to say, well, there's a single locus of cybersecurity and http://www.circleid.com/posts/dhs_cybersecurity_chief_cybersecurity_into_dna_of_infrastructure/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/dhs.htm Report: eBay to sell Skype to group of private investors, CW EBay plans to announce a deal to sell its Skype voice-over-IP service to a group of private investors, The New York Times reported on its Web site, citing people briefed on the company's plans. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9137339/Report_eBay_to_sell_Skype_to_group_of_private_investors?source=rss_news More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RSS Feeds : Fed Notices : Blog : Clips : http://www.cybertelecom.org/news.htm Now Extra Delicious! http://del.icio.us/rcannon100/zxc Cytertelecom is now on Twitter & Facebook! To [un]subscribe to Cybertelecom-l send mail to LISTSERV at LISTSERV.AOL.COM with the command [un]SUBSCRIBE CYBERTELECOM-L. 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Robert Metcalfe Nigeria: New Submarine Internet Cable Lands in Lagos, Global Voices The arrival of the GLO-1 submarine cable in Lagos this weekend has West African bloggers excited. GLO-1 connects Nigeria and 13 other West African countries to the global telecommunications system via Europe, bringing new bandwidth to the region. http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/09/07/nigeria-new-submarine-internet-cable-lands-in-lagos/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/backbone.htm Big-League ISPs Press FCC to Lower Bar on 'Broadband', Ecommerce Times Several telephone companies have suggested to the FCC that it change its definition of broadband. Verizon, AT&T and Comcast are asking the government to define broadband transmissions as anything over 768 Kbps downstream and 200 Kbps upstream. They were http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/68051.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm Broadband Helps Provide 3.1 Million Jobs, USTelecom Great blog entry over at NextGenWeb, talking about how broadband is helping to stimulate the economy: ?New Study Finds 3.1 Million Jobs Thanks to Internet!? http://www.ustelecom.org/Video_Blogs/Blog/index.php/2009/09/03/broadband-helps-provide-31-million-jobs/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm Study Reveals Student Gains From Online Learning, USTelecom Is the world of online learning on par with classroom instruction? ?Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning,?a report prepared by SRI International for the Department of Education, reveals just how effective broadband-powered education is proving to be. http://www.ustelecom.org/Video_Blogs/Blog/index.php/2009/09/04/study-reveals-student-gains-from-online-learning/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm FCC Workshop Explores Broadband Benchmarks, Nextgenweb This week, the FCC broadband workshop series examined the important issue of benchmarking broadband. Panelists representing industry, consumers, minorities and more, discussed the various metrics needed to assess where we are now and chart progress moving forward. http://www.nextgenweb.org/home/fcc-workshop-explores-broadband-benchmarks More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm 5 Minutes with Harold Feld: "Benchmarks and Broadband Ecology", PK This week, both Harold and Gigi participated in the FCC?s ongoing broadband workshops, providing the Commission with suggestions regarding how to craft a National Broadband Plan that will increase both access to and utilization of broadband infrastructure in the United States. During a break in the benchmarks workshop, Harold found the time to briefly explain the http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/aWp_VX1ri9k/2625 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm Big Broadband Ideas, Benton On September 3rd the Federal Communications Commission's National Broadband Plan workshop included two distinguished panels of academics and policy experts to focus on "Big Ideas," specifically the future of the Internet and broadband video content. The moderator, John Peha, the Chief Technology Officer of the FCC, framed the panels as http://www.benton.org/node/27650 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm The Apps and Devices Workshop, FCC Last Thursday, August 27th the FCC helped moderate two workshops on technology, applications and devices, which provoked some fascinating discussions around the current and future state of broadband in America. http://blog.broadband.gov/?p=206 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm Virtually There? The Telework Public Notice, FCC Telework isn?t just about providing a benefit to employees. Rather, telework seems to benefit workers, employers, and society as a whole. Case studies from the Government Accountability Office and the Patent and Trademark Office suggest that telework provides needed flexibility for an organization and its staff in emergencies while being greener for the http://blog.broadband.gov/?p=225 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm Parental control company sells data on what kids say, safekids A software product sold to protect children from predators, cyber bullying and visiting inappropriate websites is also collecting information about what the kids are saying and is selling that data ? in aggregate form ? to other companies for marketing purposes. In an interview, Echometrix CEO Jeffrey Greene said that the company doesn?t collect or report the http://www.safekids.com/2009/09/04/parental-control-company-sells-data-on-what-kids-say/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm Apple to FCC: "No Answer" Doesn't Mean "No", CommLawBlog We reported here on the FCC?s requests to Apple and AT&T, the iPhone maker and service provider, asking why Apple had rejected an iPhone App called Google Voice. This provides access to a range of advanced voice features free of charge, in some instances bypassing http://feeds.lexblog.com/~r/CommLawBlog/~3/gSstuUm6I9o/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/cpe.htm U.S. Broadband Growth Continues to Slow, Gigaom The number of new broadband subscribers continues to slow in the U.S., according to data gathered by UBS Research, driven primarily by market saturation. The Wall Street firm estimates that there are 67 million broadband subscribers in the U.S., or roughly 60 percent of the nation?s households and about 70 percent of those with a PC. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/YNNPMpiNruQ/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/broadband.htm 2010 could be the last year for IPv4 as we know it, Ars Technica We've known we would run out of IPv4 addresses since 1981, when the Internet Protocol was standardized. The numbers dictate that there will never be more than 4,294,967,296 different IPv4 addresses. (4 billion and change being the number of combinations that can be made with IPv4's 32 address bits). Before 1993, http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2009/09/2010-could-be-the-last-year-for-ipv4-as-we-know-it.ars More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm .EDU to Implement DNSSEC by the End of March 2010, CircleID Mehmet Akcin writes: "EDUCAUSE and VeriSign have announced the initiation of a project to enhance Internet reliability and stability. By the end of March 2010, the project will deploy a security system known as Domain Name Security Extensions http://www.circleid.com/posts/edu_to_implement_dnssec/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/security.htm Cuba: Filtering Connections, Global Voices Yoani Sanchez ruminates on the many changes September brings, including this surprise: ?Since last Friday it is impossible to [connect] to Voces Cubanas from the Island. They have applied to it the same slow filter they use to block the connection to desdecuba.com for users in Cuba with very slow speed Internet connections.? Meanwhile, diaspora blogger Uncommon http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/09/03/cuba-filtering-connections/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/lamericas.htm Improving DMCA Takedowns at Blogger, Flickr, EFF In the past couple weeks, two major online service providers, Blogger and Flickr, announced improvements to their DMCA takedown policies. EFF had a hand in both: Blogger contacted us to discuss their improvements, and we contacted Flickr to raise some concerns we had. We're glad to see these improvements, which make the process more transparent for users http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/09/improving-dmca-takedowns-blogger-flickr More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/dmca.htm NY Post Reporter Admits That It's Company Policy Not To Credit Blogs Or Other Sources, Techdirt Remember that Washington Post reporter last month who got all sorts of attention for claiming that a Gawker writer "ripped off" his story, despite linking to it multiple times? Many mainstream press folks sided with Shapira, in using this as an example of how blogs "parasite" newspapers. Yet, as the actual numbers show, the real relationship is quite symbiotic, with http://techdirt.com/articles/20090904/0416086107.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/news.htm Japan: Happy birthday, Doraemon!, Global Voices Only for today (September 3rd) google.co.jp's logo is dedicated to Doraemon (?????), one the most popular Japanese characters. According to Slashdot [ja], the blue and white cat will be born on this day in 2112. http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/09/03/japan-happy-birthday-doraemon/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/fcc.htm Privacy Advocates Take On Behaviorally-Targeted Ads on News Sites, Poytner One of the few financial bright spots for the newspaper industry this year has been the quick growth of online display advertising that is targeted to users based on what they read. http://www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=169649&sid=26 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/ 5 Things We Learned From the Gmail Outage, Gigaom It may have only lasted 100 minutes, but the Great Gmail Outage of last week generated discussion that endured for days. It started with panic attacks on Twitter and took some bizarre turns, such as sparking talk of lawsuits. But in the end, the fact of the outage wasn?t nearly as interesting as what it said about http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/NdyahTPbELA/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/email.htm Diebold impeaches e-voting unit, sells it off for $5 million, Ars Technica Diebold announced on Thursday that it has sold its voting machine division to Election Systems & Software (ES&S), a former competitor. Diebold's unceremonious departure from the electronic voting machine business will be welcomed by critics of the company's controversial direct-recording electronic http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/diebold-elects-to-get-out-of-the-voting-machine-business.ars More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/vote/ Diebold gives up on voting machines, Tech Futures Diebold has thrown in the towel on its troubled voting machines business. It has sold the whole division to its competitor, ES&S. Diebold electronic voting machines have been plagued with problems, and the company says it is writing off tens of millions in losses, due primarily to lawsuits from disgruntled local governments who bought the machines only to find out they are a security nightmare. http://www.designnine.com/news/node/1384 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/vote/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RSS Feeds : Fed Notices : Blog : Clips : http://www.cybertelecom.org/news.htm Now Extra Delicious! http://del.icio.us/rcannon100/zxc Cytertelecom is now on Twitter & Facebook! To [un]subscribe to Cybertelecom-l send mail to LISTSERV at LISTSERV.AOL.COM with the command [un]SUBSCRIBE CYBERTELECOM-L. Announce only list information available at www.lawlists.net/mailman/listinfo AUP :: www.cybertelecom.org/cybert.htm#aup Cybertelecom is Off-the-Record. Otherwise play nicely. 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(Source: http://isen.com/quotes.html) NATOA Announces Recipients of Community Broadband Awards for Outstanding Endeavors to Bring Broadband to More Communities and Consumers, NATOA No description http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/natoa-news/~3/uStJdhQ9S_I/natoa-announces-recipients-of-1.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/ 100Mbps in the Twin Cities, Comcast We hit an exciting milestone this week with the launch of our new 100 Mbps Business Class Internet Service in the Twin Cities. Customers in that territory can now power their businesses with speeds of up to 100Mbps on the downstream and 15Mbps on the upstream. http://www.comcastvoices.com/2009/09/100mbps-in-the-twin-cities.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/cable.htm Is There a Relationship Between Online Safety Concerns and Broadband Uptake?, Tech Lib Front Today I was invited to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to testify at one of the agency?s Broadband Working Group workshops. This particular workshop was on ?Broadband Consumer Context,? which focused on ?a range of challenges and opportunities as the internet http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techliberation/~3/ng9PNDmsfak/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm Input Sought on Sept. 30 Cyber Security Workshop, FCC As part of the Broadband Plan NOI, we specifically sought comments on cyber security.? In an effort to gather more data on this issue, we will hold a Cyber Security Workshop on September 30th.? While the Workshop will be here in D.C., it will of course be accessible on the web.? I am http://blog.broadband.gov/?p=237 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm Press Release: NTIA'S Broadband Mapping Initiative Off to Strong Start, NTIA NTIA has received applications representing all 50 states, 5 territories, and the District of Columbia to participate in NTIA?s State Broadband Data and Development Grant Program, which will assist NTIA in creating a national broadband map. http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press/2009/BTOP_mappingtotals_090909.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/stimulus.htm Connected Nation One Link To Derail New Broadband Policy -- Connect The Dots, PK Starting this week (Sept. 10), the House Telecom Subcommittee is going to start looking at the broadband stimulus program and, perhaps next week, examine how the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is doing under the new management. The national http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/etDPKRjoNLo/2626 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/stimulus.htm Connected Nation Bails On Kentucky - After state demands too much of the organization..., dslreports Given they've got the lobbying support of K Street juggernauts Verizon and AT&T, Connected Nation has had an easy time getting the inside track on broadband mapping funds in states like Minnesota and Florida, despite often submitting more expensive bids. But in their home state of http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Connected-Nation-Bails-On-Kentucky-104356 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/stimulus.htm Users will pay more to experience AT&T?s 3G ?upgrade?, mUNI There?s some creative license being taken by AT&T in its announcement of upgrades to its 3G cellular network today. While the lead paragraph in the company?s announcement claims its implementation of High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) technology ?will provide a considerable http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/muniwireless/~3/3vfH5ZUP1rY/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/w3g.htm President Obama to US students: Practice new-media literacy, NetFamily News Work hard to find and pursue your unique contribution was the basic message I heard the President tell American students this week ? what I think the US's founding fathers and mothers meant by "pursuit of happiness" in their historical context. More to the point for NetFamilyNews http://www.netfamilynews.org/2009/09/president-obama-to-us-students-practice.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm AT&T and iKeepSafe Create a Series of Comprehensive Online Safety Education Tools, iKeepSafe Kids are back in school, and AT&T is teaming up with iKeepSafe to make sure students have the materials for digital citizenship education by releasing the following content for teachers, school administrators, counselors, parents and students: http://ikeepsafe.blogspot.com/2009/09/at-and-ikeepsafe-create-series-of.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm Every Click Matters., Ask Mariam Every ? of a second, a new cybercrime is committed. One in five consumers is a cybercrime victim. Global cybercrime revenues exceed that of the international drug trade. What's going on here? While many of us were worrying about old-school viruses getting on our computers, the http://community.norton.com/t5/Ask-Marian/Every-Click-Matters/ba-p/146257 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm Kiddie Monitoring Software Spying On IM Chats, Selling Info To Marketers, Techdirt There are a bunch of different "child filtering/monitoring" software on the market these days, and many parents use it to help them keep track of what their kids do online. I have no problem with this -- so long as such filters aren't mandated by the government. But it appears that just selling http://techdirt.com/articles/20090908/1916036134.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm A parent's quick guide to content blocking technologies, Ars Technica The Federal Communications Commission's long awaited Report to Congress on Parental Control Technologies for Video or Audio Programming is finally out. The report compiles almost a year's worth of comments from industry and public interest groups on the state of content-filtering technology, and what does it conclude? By golly, the FCC says it needs to issue another study! http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/fcc-report-on-parental-control-devices-why-arent-they-used.ars More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/reports.htm Federal Register Notice: Online Safety and Technology Working Group Public Meeting, NTIA NTIA has published a notice announcing a public meeting of the Online Safety and Technology Working Group. The meeting will be held at the U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C., on September 24, 2009, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time. http://www.ntia.doc.gov/frnotices/2009/FR_OSTWGmeeting_090908.pdf More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/reports.htm 11th-Hour Filings Oppose Google?s Book Settlement, NYT A federal judge must now begin untangling the competing claims about the effects of an agreement granting Google the right to create the world?s largest digital library and bookstore. http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=bbedfe7cee4fe6ee76a7e7ac321b60f3 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/copyright.htm Public Knowledge Opposes Google Book Search Court Settlement, PK Public Knowledge today told a Federal court in New York that the settlement between Google and the Authors? Guild over Google Book Search should not be approved in its present form. The brief is available here. http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/2fW-fH0_HvU/2628 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/copyright.htm Resistance to Google book deal builds as Google woos Europe, Ars Technica Last Friday, the deadline passed for formal comments from parties interested in the Google Book Settlement, but the flow of less-formal comments doesn't seem to have abated. The settlement would http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/09/resistance-to-book-deal-builds-as-google-woos-europe.ars More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/copyright.htm An Internet Data Sharing Framework For Balancing Privacy and Utility, CAIDA CAIDA technical report, published in September 2009, authored by Erin Kenneally and kc claffy. http://www.caida.org/publications/papers/2009/engaging_data/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/ Obama warns kids on stupid Facebook posts, CW When you're young you'll probably do some stupid things, but think twice before posting them online. That's the advice delivered Wednesday by U.S. President Barack Obama to a 9th grade school child who asked for advice on how to get the most powerful job in the world. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9137798/Obama_warns_kids_on_stupid_Facebook_posts?source=rss_news More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/socialnetworks.htm Frank Kramer Rumored as Lead Candidate for US Cyber Security Coordinator Post, CircleID Reports suggest Frank Kramer, an assistant defense secretary under President Bill Clinton, is the lead candidate for the U.S. cyber security coordinator post which is expected to be announced in the next week or so by President Obama. In a widely covered speech in May, http://www.circleid.com/posts/frank_kramer_rumored_lead_candidate_cyber_security_coordinator/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/ NSA-Intercepted E-Mails Helped Convict Would-Be Bombers, Wired Three would-be bombers convicted in the United Kingdom this week were found guilty based on crucial coded e-mail messages that were intercepted by the U.S. National Security Agency. http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/politics/~3/otfdbn80dII/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/bigbrother.htm Report: Obama close to appointing White House cybersecurity chief, CW More than three months after establishing a new White House office for cybersecurity, President Barack Obama may finally be close to appointing someone to head the office. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9137789/Report_Obama_close_to_appointing_White_House_cybersecurity_chief?source=rss_news More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/dhs.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RSS Feeds : Fed Notices : Blog : Clips : http://www.cybertelecom.org/news.htm Now Extra Delicious! http://del.icio.us/rcannon100/zxc Cytertelecom is now on Twitter & Facebook! 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Federal Internet Law and Policy ============================================ ???~Cybertelecom has a new Facebook page~ ============================================ Internet is so big, so powerful and pointless that for some people it is a complete substitute for life -? Andrew Brown YouTube now No. 4 on the Web, Net Family News Online video is just huge and growing. YouTube is now the fourth most visited site on the Web, globally, according to Mashable.com, citing comScore figures for this past July. YouTube had 120.3 million viewers in July, over one-third of the US population, and in that one month, they watched 8.9 million videos. "What may be more shocking is the http://www.netfamilynews.org/2009/09/youtube-now-no-4.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/video.htm Cyberbullying and Asperger?s Syndrome, and how to help victimized Aspie youth, Cyberbullying Blog I?ve recently discussed the susceptibility of youth with Asperger?s Syndrome (AS) to be cyberbullied, outlining a number of reasons that contribute to such victimization.? When it comes to suggestions as to how we can help these kids, a few things stand out in my mind. First, it is really important to try to understand exactly what [...] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cyberbullying/~3/QMdTTPNRhtU/cyberbullying-and-aspergers-syndrome-and-how-to-help-victimized-aspie-youth.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm Voice chat coming to Facebook, CNET The new Vivox voice chat system for Facebook will allow any user to start a conversation with anyone on their friends list. The service will also be available to third-party developers who want to integrate voice into their applications. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10352684-52.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=GeekGestalt More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/ PM apology after Turing petition, BBC The PM releases a statement on WWII code breaker Alan Turing, recognising the "appalling" way he was treated for being gay. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/technology/8249792.stm More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/internet.htm Equinix to Build Its Sixth Data Center in Region, Wash Post Data center company Equinix will build a new facility in Ashburn, the company's sixth in the area. http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=5764b2be38ac2319090d6d2289eb4c44 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/backbone.htm AT&T Officially Launches Hulu Clone - Though it appears to be little more than a place marker..., dslreports After quietly soft launching their new video portal earlier this month, AT&T has now officially announced their new "AT&T Entertainment" video portal. According to the AT&T press release, the portal offers free TV shows and movie clips "via an agreement with Hulu," which is apparently why it looks very similar to Hulu itself. As it stands, the http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-Officially-Launches-Hulu-Clone-104403 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/video.htm Verizon CFO: More Job Cuts Coming - 16,000 job cuts was only just the beginning, dslreports Verizon has already cut 8,000 jobs in the last twelve months, and during the company's second quarter earnings conference call announced they'd be laying off another 8,000 employees during the second half of this year. But that's just the beginning according to Verizon CFO John Killian, who told attendees at an investor conference this http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Verizon-CFO-More-Job-Cuts-Coming-104411 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/verizon.htm Once Again, DMCA Protects Online Video Sites, Wired The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is shielding a YouTube-style video-hosting service from a Universal Music Group infringement lawsuit. It's the second time a federal judge has sided with Veoh, a California web-hosting site, ruling that DMCA protects such sites as long as they respond to takedown notices. http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/politics/~3/O2X9EFZ7EFI/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/dmca.htm The Limits of Philosophy, FCC My old friend Randy May recently criticized our staff workshops as focusing too little on? regulatory philosophy.? But that, I told him, was by design. http://blog.broadband.gov/?p=268 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/boradband/plan.htm Will Genachowski Help Obama Find A Heart, Brain and Courage To Face Glenn Beck and His Army of F..., Tales from the Sausage Factory There are several rather astounding things about the current campaign of Glenn Beck against various Administration appointees. Most astounding, however, has been the Obama Administration reaction to date: quick capitulation in the face of relative... http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1635 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ More on the FCC?s e-Government Transparency Efforts: ECFS, RSS, Social Media & Setting Priorities, TLF I vented my frustration earlier today with the FCC?s failure to make comments it receives easily accessible to the public?which means, more than anything, making them full-text searchable. This may seem like Inside Baseball to many, but it?s not. It?s a failure of the democratic process, a waste of taxpayer dollars, and a testimony to the general http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techliberation/~3/ko6kKOBzEv0/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/fcc.htm US Broadband Speed 18th Worldwide, bandwidth reports The US came in 18th worldwide in average connection speed, growing at about half the worldwide average increase over the past year. Delaware had the fastest connection speed among the 50 states surveyed, while DC had the slowest. http://www.websiteoptimization.com/bw/0908/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/broadband.htm FTC forces Sears, Kmart out of the spyware business, Ars Technica The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has busted a strange set of spyware purveyors?US retailing giants Sears and Kmart. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/ftc-forces-sears-kmart-out-of-the-spyware-business.ars More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/spy.htm AT&T to FCC: gaming is not "broadband," but an added service, Ars Technica The computer gaming industry is not pleased with comments that AT&T filed with the Federal Communications Commission on how to define "broadband," particularly the suggestion that online games should be http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/is-it-broadband-if-you-cant-play-internet-games.ars More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm The FCC Gets Serious On Outreach, PK One of the longstanding problems noted but not generally addressed before in FCC policy has been ?how to get the word out to folks not already plugged in as insiders to file comments.? Traditionally, the FCC (like most federal agencies) has taken a very passive attitude. (Indeed, the FCC has traditionally been ahead of the curve. Many http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/b7JfWxwcjTI/2634 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/fcc.htm "51% of the newspaper publishers in the United States believe they can charge successfully for access...", Lost Remote ??51% of the newspaper publishers in the United States believe they can charge successfully for access to their interactive content.?? http://lostremote.com/post/187958906 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/news.htm Press accuracy rating hits two decade low: Ok, this can?t..., Lost Remote Ok, this can?t be good. Pew Research reports that only 29% of the public says they believe the news media gets their facts straight. http://lostremote.com/post/187962913 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/news.htm List of Recent of State Cyberbullying Measures, TLF Cyberbullying constitutes one of the largest growth categories of recent cyberlaw legislative proposals, and many state legislatures have already enacted measures aimed at combating this problem using a variety of approaches.? Those attempting to monitor ongoing developments in this field might find it useful to examine this National http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techliberation/~3/fSA9FnMElsI/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm Education Key to Online Safety, Nextgenweb A panel of experts convened before the FCC yesterday to talk national broadband strategy and online safety.? The clear consensus: While there are roles for government and industry, the best solutions are rooted in consumer education. http://www.nextgenweb.org/home/education-key-to-online-safety More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RSS Feeds : Fed Notices : Blog : Clips : http://www.cybertelecom.org/news.htm Now Extra Delicious! http://del.icio.us/rcannon100/zxc Cytertelecom is now on Twitter & Facebook! To [un]subscribe to Cybertelecom-l send mail to LISTSERV at LISTSERV.AOL.COM with the command [un]SUBSCRIBE CYBERTELECOM-L. Announce only list information available at? www.lawlists.net/mailman/listinfo? AUP :: www.cybertelecom.org/cybert.htm#aup Cybertelecom is Off-the-Record. Otherwise play nicely. Cybertelecom? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Link to us! www.cybertelecom.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From rcannon100 at yahoo.com Thu Sep 17 10:41:46 2009 From: rcannon100 at yahoo.com (Robert Cannon) Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:41:46 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Cybertel-Ann] 9.17 :: Let's All Get Connected :: Shockingly Low :: Nail in the Coffin :: Oh the Irony :: FCC's Character :: Message-ID: <109260.73190.qm@web37904.mail.mud.yahoo.com> ============================================ ? ? ? ? ? ???CyberTelecom News? ? ? ? Federal Internet Law and Policy ============================================ ?We cannot have peace if we are only concerned with peace.? War is not an accident.? It is the logical outcome of a certain way of life.? If we want to attack war, we have to attack the way of life.? -A.J. Muste Plans for new Kenyan IXP begin to take shape, ISOC Two major new submarine cable developments are setting the stage for substantial improvements in Internet service in East Africa. For Kenya, in particular, one of the new cable landings is also providing the opportunity for the countrys second Internet Exchange Point (IXP). http://isoc.org/wp/newsletter/?p=1246 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/backbone.htm Let?s All Get Connected ? A Message for the FCC on Health Care, Nextgenweb For over a month now the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been holding a series of panel discussions meant to contribute to the national broadband strategy due to Congress early next year. As we think about a comprehensive broadband strategy, no http://www.nextgenweb.org/news-and-blog-clips/let%E2%80%99s-all-get-connected-%E2%80%93-a-message-for-the-fcc-on-health-care More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm Benchmarks and the Broadband Ecology., Tales from the Sausage Factory As folks in broadband policy land know, thanks to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the FCC needs to present a National Broadband Plan to Congress by February 2010. The FCC has been holdng a bunch of workshops on various aspects ... http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1632 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm Broadband speeds in the United States are shockingly low, Muni Andy Abramson points us to the Speedtest Report website of the Communications Workers of America which reveals the shockingly low upload and download speeds of broadband across the nation. Granted, it is a big country filled with large open spaces where the deer and the buffalo http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/muniwireless/~3/xAMRLJDxy1o/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm A definition of digital literacy & citizenship, Net Family News I pulled this out of my last post to see what you think about this as a working definition for a digital literacy that includes citizenship ? the behavioral element that's part of using social media. Tell me what you think: http://www.netfamilynews.org/2009/09/definition-of-digital-literacy.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm Join us at the topCyberbullying Coalition event - October 13, 2009 in DC, Parry's Blog Please Join Us October 13, 2009 http://parryaftab.blogspot.com/2009/09/join-us-at-topcyberbullying-coalition.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm Another Nail in the Coffin for Green Dam?, Internet News Chinese schools ditch the controversial Web blocker on the sly. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/ogEPREUiBP4/3839186 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/filters.htm The Irony of Mandatory Filtering in China vs. the U.S., PFF "Schools in Beijing are quietly removing the Green Dam filter, which was required for all school computers in July, due to complaints over problems with the software," notes this Reuters report. Even though China backed down on their earlier requirement to have the Green Dam filter http://blog.pff.org/archives/2009/09/the_irony_of_mandatory_filtering_in_china_vs_the_u.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/filters.htm A new ICANN-Commerce Department deal: Does the public get to comment?, IGP It is no secret that ICANN and the U.S. Commerce Department are engaged in intensive negotations over the future of their relationship as we approach the expiration of the current Joint Project Agreement. We have no inside information about what will happen, but we do suspect http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IGPBlog/~3/2hw7lhWCYJo/4323540.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ntia.htm Ninth Circuit Groaner About Metatags--Art Attacks v. MGA, Tech Marketing Law Art Attacks Ink LLC v. MGA Entertainment, Inc., CV-04-01035-RMB (9th Cir. Sept. 16, 2009) What is it... http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2009/09/ninth_circuit_g.htm More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/trademark.htm Will security concerns darken Google's government cloud?, CW When Google launches its cloud computing services for federal government agencies next year, one of its biggest challenges will be to overcome concerns related to data privacy and security in cloud environments. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9138179/Will_security_concerns_darken_Google_s_government_cloud_?source=rss_news More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/egov/ U.S. Government Taps the Cloud to Fix IT Bureaucracy, Gigaom The U.S. government today unveiled a site that ushers the White House into the cloud computing era, called Apps.gov. The site allows federal agencies to peruse through a menu of software offerings from Google, Salesforce.com, Scribd, SlideShare and others, then select the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/lgAQFZR0yzo/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/egov/ France 'Three Strikes' Rides Again - Sarkozy and his constituents eager to boot customers from Internet, dslreports France lawmakers have again passed a proposal that would boot pirates off of the Internet after three offenses. Previous efforts to pass such legislation were struck down by the French constitutional court, which ruled that assumption of guilt and the termination of Internet http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/France-Three-Strikes-Rides-Again-104478 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/copyright.htm Copyright Office slams Google Book deal, Google opens up, Ars Technica When the US Copyright Office first heard about the proposed Google Books settlement, it found the idea a "positive development." Then, after reading the fine http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/copyright-office-slams-google-book-deal-google-opens-up.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/copyright.htm Content Owners Force Hulu To Block Mobile Browsers As Well, Techdirt I still can't figure out the reasons why content owners allowed Hulu to offer up TV shows in a browser... but then absolutely flipped out when they realized that the very same content can be seen on browsers on other devices as well. In the past, we've noted that Hulu was pressured to http://techdirt.com/articles/20090915/0430416199.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/video.htm House Hearing Will Show FCC's Character, PK Congress and the public will learn a lot about the Federal Communications Commission tomorrow. All five commissioners are due to testify before the House Communications Subcommittee at a general oversight hearing. It?s basically open season for any member of the http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/0rVP2HLAPL0/2637 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/note/fcc.htm Senators hold hearing on cyber security, Safe Internet According to Senator Susan Collins, "experts estimate that cyber crime may cost our global economy $1 trillion in losses ? nearly $8 billion of that in the United States." http://safeinternet.org/blog/senators-hold-hearing-cyber-security More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/ Ninth Circuit Declines to Read Common Law Loyalty Obligations Into CFAA, Techlaw No language in the CFAA supports LVRC's argument that authorization to use a computer ceases when an employee resolves to use the computer contrary to the employer's interest. http://pblog.bna.com/techlaw/2009/09/ninth-circuit-declines-to-read-common-law-loyalty-obligations-into-cfaa.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/cfaa.htm Patriot Act Reform Debate Heats Up, CDT In two letters sent to Congress today, the Obama Department of Justice announced its support for reauthorization of three expiring provisions of the 2001 Patriot Act and its willingness to consider civil liberties amendments that do not diminish the effectiveness of the expiring http://blog.cdt.org/2009/09/15/patriot-act-reform-debate-heats-up/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/patriot.htm Skype Founders Sue eBay ? Big Surprise, Gigaom Skype co-founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis have sued eBay, the company that acquired their Internet telephony startup and turned them into billionaires. The lawsuit was filed by their company Joltid, which controls the core technology that powers Skype, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/cZxIFBQFPPc/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/ Skype Tech Licensing Soap Opera Continues: Founders Sue eBay, New Buyers For Copyright Infringement, Techdirt Over the summer, we wrote about the bizarre and protracted legal dispute concerning whether or not eBay actually had the rights to the core technology in Skype. Skype's founders, Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, claim that they retained the right to the core technology in a separate http://techdirt.com/articles/20090916/1915066216.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/ Technology issues on back burner in US Congress, CW With a huge fight over health-care reform unresolved, many observers of technology-related legislation before the U.S. Congress have low expectations that major bills will be passed in the remainder of 2009. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9138088/Technology_issues_on_back_burner_in_US_Congress?source=rss_news More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RSS Feeds : Fed Notices : Blog : Clips : http://www.cybertelecom.org/news.htm Now Extra Delicious! http://del.icio.us/rcannon100/zxc Cytertelecom is now on Twitter & Facebook! To [un]subscribe to Cybertelecom-l send mail to LISTSERV at LISTSERV.AOL.COM with the command [un]SUBSCRIBE CYBERTELECOM-L. 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Federal Internet Law and Policy ============================================ Field Hearing in Austin, TX, FCC In an effort to solicit input from the public in the development of a National Broadband Plan, the Commission will host a field hearing on September 21, 2009, in Austin, Texas. FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker will represent the Commission and two panels will explore the challenges of broadband deployment in Texas, including spectrum access, infrastructure, http://blog.broadband.gov/?p=330 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm Big Content to FCC: don't kill our ISP filtering dream!, Ars Technica In the debate over DRM and online copyright infringement, there may be no hoary chestnut hoarier than the claim that "no industry can compete with free." This is such an old argument that we would be http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/big-content-still-cant-compete-with-free.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm In the Know with Gigi Sohn: The Role of Content in the Broadband Ecosystem, PK Yesterday, Gigi delivered a statement at a FCC broadband workshop titled ?The Role of Content in the Broadband Ecosystem?. In this interview, Gigi gives us a recap of her testimony, which argued that the Commission should collect data before attempting to address the problem of http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/2643 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm Who's Running the Show--the FCC or Hollywood Execs?, PK Last Thursday, PK President Gigi Sohn delivered a statement at an FCC broadband workshop titled "The Role of Content in the Broadband Ecosystem". If you find yourself questioning what relevance a discussion of content protection has in the context of the National Broadband Plan, http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/h6U_4A0_Pug/2652 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm Online Safety Blogosphere Round Up September 21, 2009, Filtering Facts Online Safety Roundup http://filteringfacts.org/2009/09/21/online-safety-blogosphere-round-up-september-21-2009/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm Skype, Child Safety & the Worse Case Scenario Mentality, PFF I absolutely adore Lenore Skenazy. As I pointed out in my review of her brilliant new book, Free-Range Kids: Giving Our Children the Freedom We Had Without Going Nuts with Worry, she is rare voice of sanity in modern debates about parenting and child safety http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techliberation/~3/f5H1jQ_nC0U/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm Apple Lied To FCC About Blocking Google Voice - Google offers unredacted FCC response, dslreports Back in July, the FCC sent letters to Apple, AT&T, and Google exploring why Apple had banned the Google Voice App. Apple and AT&T, both of whom have significant financial reasons for blocking the application, played dumb in their response to the FCC. AT&T denied having any say http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Apple-Lied-To-FCC-About-Blocking-Google-Voice-104545 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/cpe.htm Our complete letter to the FCC regarding Google Voice for iPhone, Google Back in July, the FCC sent letters to Apple, AT&T, and Google asking about the rejection of the Google Voice for iPhone app. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GooglePublicPolicyBlog/~3/z7UA9IsjoEo/our-complete-letter-to-fcc-regarding.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/cpe.htm Google Releases Complete Google Voice App FCC Response, EFF Today, recognizing pending FOIA requests by EFF and Wired News, Google dropped its claim of confidentiality and paved the way for the FCC to release the full text of its explanation of Apple's rejection of the Google Voice iPhone app. As we've reported previously, the FCC is http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/09/google-releases-complete-google-voice-app-fcc-resp More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/cpe.htm Cerf: Turning off pieces of the 'Net 'not sensible', CW In an exclusive interview, the Internet 'father' explains how he helped commercialize the Web and what he's doing now at Google http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9138216/Cerf_Turning_off_pieces_of_the_Net_not_sensible_?source=rss_news More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm AT&T Calls F.C.C. Neutrality Plan a ?Bait and Switch?, NYT AT&T said it was not fair for the F.C.C. to impose new network neutrality rules on wireless networks after auctioning off spectrum with no such restrictions. http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=79d3ff3f574ae48e7165f562eef097ca More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm F.C.C. Calls Open Internet Rules Vital, NYT Proposed rules for wireless carriers received a cool response from the industry. http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=dbd93710af8c676976ebf3779dfcab43 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralfcc.htm FCC Net neutrality proposal is 'dramatic shift' in policy, CW FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski's move to formalize Net neutrality rules would either bring "unconstitutional" new regulations to the Internet or a welcome "paradigm shift" in U.S. communications policy, depending on whom you ask. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9138340/FCC_Net_neutrality_proposal_is_dramatic_shift_in_policy?source=rss_news More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralfcc.htm GOP Senators Move to Stop Obama Net Neutrality Rules, WIRED A top Senate Republican wants to stop the FCC's push for new neutrality rules for the internet, introducing legislation just hours after a pro-neutrality speech by the new FCC head. The move signals that the net neutrality fight is far from over. http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/politics/~3/Ksel_zYX7YI/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralfcc.htm FCC chair says 'open Internet' rules vital, Globe and Mail Wireless carriers should be subject to the same rules as home broadband providers, says Julius Genachowski http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Technology/~3/beJPdw8vjnY/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralfcc.htm 'Open internet' rules criticised, BBC US proposals to ensure the net remains an open and neutral platform draw criticism from the wireless industry. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/technology/8268297.stm More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralfcc.htm FCC Endorses Network Neutrality, Wash Post The government would play a far more aggressive role in policing the public's unfettered access to Internet services and content under a proposal offered Monday by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski. http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=6f0582d1ea2d2ae9476dd447406739c8 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralfcc.htm FCC announces plan to protect access to an open Internet, Google During a speech at the Brookings Institution this morning, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski outlined a proposal for explicit rules that would protect consumer access to an open Internet. The proposed rules would preserve "network neutrality," preventing broadband-based Internet http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GooglePublicPolicyBlog/~3/6XTrJmQUEpY/fcc-announces-plan-to-protect-access-to.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralfcc.htm Does the Internet Need More Regulation? FCC to Decide, Comcast Today, the Chairman of the FCC, Julius Genachowski, announced that he will ask the FCC to adopt new regulations on the way that companies like Comcast, AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, Hughes Satellite, and thousands of others provide Internet services to consumers. http://blog.comcast.com/2009/09/does-the-internet-need-more-regulation-fcc-to-decide.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralfcc.htm CTIA Statement on FCC Chairman Genachowski's Address on New Guidelines for the Internet, CTIA ?While we are waiting to read the contents of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), we welcome the Chairman's interest in wireless and his commitment to pose a series of detailed questions on how the Internet openness principles should apply to mobile broadband. http://www.ctia.org/blog/index.cfm/2009/9/21/CTIA-Statement-on-FCC-Chairman-Genachowskis-Address-on-New-Guidelines-for-the-Internet More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralfcc.htm USTelecom Statement on Open Internet NPRM, USTelecom ?We were encouraged to hear the Chairman?s support of case-by-case enforcement and, more generally, by his assurances that we will have an open, inclusive and data-driven proceeding and that the details haven?t been pre-determined.? We do, however, remain concerned about the law of unintended http://www.ustelecom.org/Video_Blogs/Blog/index.php/2009/09/21/ustelecom-statement-on-open-internet-nprm/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralfcc.htm The Open Internet*, Nextgenweb In his announcement this morning that he will open a new regulatory proceeding aimed at expanding the role of government ?to preserve the open Internet,? FCC Chairman Genachowski talked about the importance of transparency and reasonable network management. http://www.nextgenweb.org/news-and-blog-clips/the-open-internet More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralfcc.htm ?The Open Internet: Preserving the Freedom to Innovate?, FCC The Internet is the most transformational communications breakthrough of our time. It has become essential to the fabric of the daily lives of Americans. http://blog.broadband.gov/?p=334 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralfcc.htm Hutchison: FCC's Net Neutrality Mandates Will Stifle Innovation, Senate Commerce No description http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=61f9ed2f-a5e8-4cc9-9d96-bfeda4189823 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralfcc.htm The Open Internet: Preserving the Freedom to Innovate, OSTP No description http://blog.ostp.gov/2009/09/21/the-open-internet-preserving-the-freedom-to-innovate/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralfcc.htm Chairman Rockefeller Statement on Preserving the Open Internet, Senate Commerce No description http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=71de6193-f63d-456b-90c3-f246c1d1c5a3 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralfcc.htm Making Network Neutrality Sustainable, Revisited, ISEN Today FCC Chairman Genichowski announced that the FCC's Network Neutrality Proceeding is entering the rule-making stage. This is a historic milestone, worth celebrating, but the milestone is on a road with hairpin turns. If you look directly above us, you can see we're in almost exactly http://isen.com/blog/2009/09/making-network-neutrality-sustainable.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralfcc.htm FCC Chief 'Boldly' Commits to Net Neutrality, Save the Internet The fight for Net Neutrality took a big step forward on Monday with the chair of the Federal Communications Commission announcing plans to expand the rules to protect a free and open Internet. http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/09/09/21/fcc-chief-boldly-commits-net-neutrality More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralfcc.htm Public Knowledge Hails Commissioners Copps and Clyburn for Net Neutrality Support, PK ?We were pleased that FCC Commissioners Michael Copps and Mignon Clyburn added their voices of support to Chairman Genachowski?s proposals for a free and open Internet. http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/2n56jWIfgMY/2649 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralfcc.htm FCC Chairman Proposes New Net Neutrality Rules, Consumer Affairs Additional principles would guarantee equal access, transparency http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2009/09/genachowski_netneutrality02.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralfcc.htm What to Expect From the New Net Neutrality Rules, Gigaom Creating a formalized set of rules around net neutrality and applying them to all networks, a process announced today by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski, isn?t as threatening a proposition as the major ISPs would have you believe. But http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/Xf6CWaKmwLw/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralfcc.htm Public Knowledge Calls For Senate To Reject Anti-Net Neutrality Amendment, PK ?We were disappointed to learn that Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), the senior Republican on the Commerce Committee, has introduced an amendment to the Interior Appropriations bill to be taken up this week by the Senate that would stop the Federal Communications Commission from taking up Net Neutrality rules. http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/SQ9dI7HDn2I/2653 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralfcc.htm The Freedom to Innovate Without Permission, Wendy Seltzer In a speech this morning, widely heralded (and criticized) as a call for "network neutrality," FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski: "Why has the Internet proved to be such a powerful engine for creativity, innovation, and economic growth? A big part of the answer traces back to one key decision by the Internet's original architects: to make the Internet an open system." http://www.circleid.com/posts/20090921_the_freedom_to_innovate_without_permission/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralfcc.htm Network Neutrality: The Chairman Sets A Course, CommLawBlog In a speech this morning, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced his intention to initiate a proceeding looking to the adoption of new rules designed to preserve and enhance the ?openness? of the Internet, in accordance with the principles of ?network neutrality.? (You http://feeds.lexblog.com/~r/CommLawBlog/~3/WuUUd49Ky5w/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralfcc.htm ISPs react, sort of support network neutrality?with caveats, Ars Technica In the wake of FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski's major speech this morning supporting network neutrality, the responses have flooded in?and they're surprisingly positive, even from ISPs. AT&T even http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/isps-react-sort-of-support-network-neutralitywith-caveats.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralfcc.htm State of the Internet 2009: Pew Internet Project Findings and Implications for Libraries, Pew As the internet population has matured over time, binary distinctions between those who are online and offline have given way to a more robust understanding of the assets, actions and attitudes that affect user experience. http://www.pewinternet.org/Presentations/2009/36--State-of-the-Internet-2009--Pew-Internet-Project-Findings-and-Implications-for-Libraries.aspx More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/ Number of Internet Domain Names Continues to Grow, Reaching 184 Million, Verisign Domain names continue to show growth across the Internet, according to the second quarter 2009 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=538764&releasejsp=custom_97 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ Is It Possible For Newspapers To Save Themselves?, Techdirt oshua-Michele Ross is suggesting that people suggesting new business models for newspapers should give it up, because newspaper companies are simply unable to adapt: http://techdirt.com/articles/20090917/0244106221.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/news.htm Mark Lloyd and the Burden of Free Speech, CDT Mark Lloyd has devoted his long and distinguished public interest life to fighting for media diversity and free speech for all of us. In recognition of his career and expertise, he has been appointed Associate General Counsel at the FCC. Congratulations Mark! From all of us who http://blog.cdt.org/2009/09/21/mark-lloyd-and-the-burden-of-free-speech/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/fcc.htm Court: Disloyal Computing Is Not Illegal, Wired A federal appeals court is ruling workers are not liable for damages under hacking statutes if they access confidential company data for disloyal reasons, e.g., to start a competing company. The decision conflicts with a 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling, which said authorized access is http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/politics/~3/TBnSAWv65VA/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/crime.htm EFF Supports JUSTICE Bill to Reform the USA PATRIOT Act and Repeal Telecom Immunity, EFF On December 31, three provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act that broadly expanded government surveillance authority in the wake of 9/11 are set to expire.1 The Obama Administration made clear in a letter this week to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy that although http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/09/eff-supports-justice More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/patriot.htm Coming Soon: Mobile Spam?, CommLawBlog FCC public notice attempts to squelch Internet rumor, but recent request for declaratory order sends a different message http://feeds.lexblog.com/~r/CommLawBlog/~3/o7k__UGresc/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/fcc.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RSS Feeds : Fed Notices : Blog : Clips : http://www.cybertelecom.org/news.htm Now Extra Delicious! http://del.icio.us/rcannon100/zxc Cytertelecom is now on Twitter & Facebook! 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Federal Internet Law and Policy ============================================ A popular government without popular knowledge or the means of acquiring it is but a prelude to a farce or a tragedy or perhaps both. James Madison, 1822 Broadband Now: National Broadband Plan, USTelecom The goal is clear: speed universal access to broadband across America to unleash considerable opportunities and economic stimulus.? With $7.2 billion in federal funds and a mandate from Congress, the Federal Communications Commission is working to draft a national broadband plan as a part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. http://www.ustelecom.org/Video_Blogs/Blog/index.php/2009/09/23/broadband-now-national-broadband-plan/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm Connected Nation Provides FCC with Teleworking Research, Connected Nation In a recent public notice, the Federal Communication Commission said that broadband is ?transforming the way we work, enabling employees to work wherever and, often, whenever.? http://connectednation.com/in_the_news/the_blog/2009/09/connected-nation-provides-fcc-with.php More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm NIST Computer Security Resource Center Special Publications (NIST 800-XX) Update, NIST NIST Compuber Security Division Released 4 Publications - 1 Draft Special Publication (SP) and 3 Final Special PublicationsPublication #1: Draft SP 800-127 --NIST announces the public comment release of Draft Special Publication 800-127, Guide to Security for WiMAX Technologies. Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access http://cybertelecom.blogspot.com/2009/09/nist-computer-security-resource-center.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wimax.htm Clearwire Supports Net Neutrality? Does No One Remember Its History?, Techdirt How quickly people forget. With the FCC's announcement about support for net neutrality legislation the PR and lobbying machines of the major telco and cable providers have cranked up, putting out all sorts of fear mongering letters and reports about the damage such a law will do. There was one interesting exception. Some noticed that http://techdirt.com/articles/20090922/0338406275.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm Jenkins on Net Neutrality & Free Press Hypocrisy over Metering, PFF Holman Jenkins has a stinging editorial in today's Wall Street Journal entitled, "Neutering the 'Net," which borrows a term that my friend Randy May coined long ago to describe what net neutrality regulation will ultimately accomplish. What I like best about the Jenkins essay was the way he exposed Free Press for their hypocrisy over metering as a http://blog.pff.org/archives/2009/09/jenkins_on_net_neutrality_free_press_hypocrisy_ove.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm The GigaOM Guide to the Net Neutrality Debate, Gigaom Senate Republicans last night backed off a plan aimed at popping the net neutrality balloon floated by the FCC on Monday, according to the Washington Post. This is smart thinking, as there?s still much to learn and a lot less to fear about the proposed regulatory rules than naysayers would have the average http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/aeysoQJFm3k/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm Genachowski Proposes New Rules, Cabletechtalk Yesterday, during a speech at the Brookings Institute, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski proposed new rules that would affect Internet access providers. http://www.cabletechtalk.com/fcc/2009/09/22/genachowski-proposes-new-rules/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralfcc.htm FCC Chairman Hits the Right Notes in Neutrality Speech, CDT FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski this morning ushered in a new phase of the long-running Internet neutrality debate. Over the past few years, the FCC has established some basic principles in a ?Policy Statement.? It has issued Notices of Inquiry on network practices and held public meetings on the topic. And it has accused Comcast http://blog.cdt.org/2009/09/22/fcc-chairman-hits-the-right-notes-in-neutrality-speech/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralfcc.htm EDUCAUSE and Internet2 Applaud Obama, FCC Stance on Net Neutrality, Educause Greg Jackson, Vice President for Policy and Analysis, EDUCAUSE, and Gary Bachula, Vice President for External Relations, Internet2, today released a statement on behalf of their respective organizations praising the Obama Administration and the FCC for their support in keeping the Internet open and accessible. http://www.educause.edu/node/180171 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralfcc.htm U.S. Net neutrality move could affect CRTC rules, Globe and Mail FCC proposal - to codify and enforce some general principles of 'Net neutrality' - comes as CRTC expected to release its own position this fall http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Technology/~3/NgESjusVlFE/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralfcc.htm Beyond Kicking People Offline, France Raises Fines For Copyright Infringement To $440,000, Techdirt With France continuing to push for a version of three strikes legislation, the latest bill approved also happens to increase potential fines for infringement up to 300,000 euros, or approximately $440,000. Nice to see governments making sure that the punishment fits the crime, huh? http://techdirt.com/articles/20090923/1223376295.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/europe.htm UMG Recordings v. Veoh Networks: Pushing the facts (and the law) too far., PFF Both Ben Sheffner and Chris Castle have interesting posts on the summary-judgment ruling in UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Veoh Networks, Inc. Greg Sandoval of CNET also has interesting reports on Veoh here and here. Veoh is a potentially interesting decision because Veoh is not the same sort of extremely blatant wrongdoer that so many http://blog.pff.org/archives/2009/09/umg_recordings_v_veoh_networks_pushing_the_facts_a.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/dmca.htm Time For A Quick Lesson In Why The DMCA Safe Harbors Are Important And Make Sense, Techdirt I've been hearing some buzzing in the last few months among folks in lobbyist circles that the entertainment industry is actually hoping to cut back on the DMCA's safe harbors. There have been murmurings along these lines in the past -- though, it rarely goes far, since the industry is also afraid that opening up the DMCA at all could lead to edits http://techdirt.com/articles/20090923/0150596291.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/dmca.htm Paramount COO Shows FCC How To File Share, Blames Tech Companies, Has FCC Hide Its Presentation, Techdirt Last week, the FCC held what was ostensibly a panel discussion about the National Broadband Plan, but which was actually focused on copyright issues. How, exactly, is copyright an issue for broadband? Well, mainly because the entertainment industry has been trying for years to get ISPs to act as copyright cops... and apparently the FCC felt http://techdirt.com/articles/20090922/1709526287.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/p2p.htm New Study Reveals (Duh) Very Few People Will Pay For News Online, Techdirt We've been pointing this out for ages, but a new survey once again confirms that very few people would be willing to pay for news content online. In this case, only 5% said they'd pay for their newspaper if it put up a paywall, with most saying they'd find free alternatives instead. And, I'd argue (as I have before) that even that 5% is quite high. It's a http://techdirt.com/articles/20090922/0424456278.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/news.htm FCC Speech Czar a Myth, FCC Threat to Speech is Real, Tech Lib Front FCC chair Julius Genachowski has certainly been busy.? This week, of course, he?s been occupied with regulating the Internet.???But last week, he was busy fending off charges on talk radio and elsewhere that the FCC has its very own ?speech? or ?diversity? czar. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techliberation/~3/Adu95An0ZW4/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/fcc.htm EPIC Reminds Homeland Security Agency to Publish Privacy Report, EPIC In a letter to the Chief Privacy Officer of the Department of Homeland Security, EPIC asked when the annual privacy report will be made available. The Department is required by law to provide an annual report "on activities of the Department that affect privacy, including complaints of privacy violations, implementation of the Privacy Act of 1974, http://epic.org/2009/09/epic-reminds-homeland-security.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/priivacy/ Social networking sites leaking personal information to third parties, study warns, CW Many major social networking sites are leaking information that allows third party advertising and tracking companies to associate the Web browsing habits of users with a specific person, researchers warn. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9138454/Social_networking_sites_leaking_personal_information_to_third_parties_study_warns?source=rss_news More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/socialnetworks.htm USA Patriot Act Sunset Extension Act to reform sections of security bill set to expire this year, ALA USA Patriot Act Sunset Extension Act to reform sections of security bill set to expire this year http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/september2009/security_wo.cfm?persistent=1&expy_dt=01/01/2010 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/patriot.htm California Privacy Law Not Preempted by CAN-SPAM Act, Techlaw In California, the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act forbids merchants from asking for "personal information" when a customer uses a credit card to make a purchase. Addresses and telephone numbers are clearly covered by Song-Beverly. Zip codes are not, per Party City Corp v. Superior Court, 169 Cal.App.4th 497 (Cal. Ct.App. 2008). http://pblog.bna.com/techlaw/2009/09/california-privacy-law-not-preempted-by-canspam-act.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/enforce.htm Austin Police Chief To Go After Anonymous Commenters, Techdirt Slashdot points us to the news that the police chief in Austin Texas is so upset about anonymous commenters, or commenters pretending to be police officers, on various internet websites that he's going to start going after them. His complaint? Those comments "erode public trust in the [police] department." Funny, I would think that wasting http://techdirt.com/articles/20090920/2210116251.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/states/tx.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RSS Feeds : Fed Notices : Blog : Clips : http://www.cybertelecom.org/news.htm Now Extra Delicious! http://del.icio.us/rcannon100/zxc Cytertelecom is now on Twitter & Facebook! To [un]subscribe to Cybertelecom-l send mail to LISTSERV at LISTSERV.AOL.COM with the command [un]SUBSCRIBE CYBERTELECOM-L. Announce only list information available at? www.lawlists.net/mailman/listinfo? AUP :: www.cybertelecom.org/cybert.htm#aup Cybertelecom is Off-the-Record. Otherwise play nicely. Cybertelecom? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 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New Name. - Meet the cable and phone undustry's latest astroturf attempt, dslreports Because the nation's largest telecom companies clearly don't already exert enough political pressure on lawmakers crafting our national broadband plan, telecom vendors and broadband ISPs have created a new PR and lobbying operation called Broadband For America. The goal of the group, according to a group spokesman, is to be "a resource for policy-makers in http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Broadband-For-America-Same-Lobbying-Crap-New-Name-104658 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/ Broadband for America, USTelecom Our nation is entering a critical period that will likely shape the broadband future for many years to come.? As I write this, we are 142 days away from the Federal Communications Commission?s deadline to deliver to Congress a National Broadband Plan ?to ensure that all people of the United States have access to broadband capability.? http://www.ustelecom.org/Video_Blogs/Blog/index.php/2009/09/28/broadband-for-america/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/ Cyber Security Workshop on Wednesday, Sept. 30., FCC How much of your daily communications, as well as business, personal, entertainment and informational sources, depend on the Internet?? My best guess is that it is a primary way for you to obtain and share information. The use of the Internet by the public has grown exponentially in the past five years. And, with the growth of the Internet come new communications http://blog.broadband.gov/?p=414 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm Numbers, FCC When our Staff Workshops started, some critics immediately concluded that the nature of the participants demonstrated that the FCC just listens to communications industry giants. If we?re going to be criticized now (which we undoubtedly will be) the numbers suggest we may be in danger of the critique that we haven?t heard from enough industry http://blog.broadband.gov/?p=420 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm Is broadband a general purpose technology?, FCC Truly transformational innovations are few and far between.? Economists call them ?general purpose technologies,? or GPTs, and they can affect nearly every aspect of the economy and the way people live. http://blog.broadband.gov/?p=439 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm Mid-Term Review, FCC It?s mid-term review time for the broadband team:? on Tuesday, with 141 days left to go before the deadline to deliver a National Broadband Plan to Congress, we?re providing the Commission with a major status report on the plan. http://blog.broadband.gov/?p=443 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm Eugene Huang: 9/29 FCC Open Commission Meeting, FCC Eugene Huang discusses the upcoming FCC Open Commission Meeting and the report being presented by the National Broadband Task Force. http://blog.broadband.gov/?p=450 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm Youth, adults & the social-media shift, Net Family News No wonder adults, born and raised in the 20th century's mass-media environment are struggling to wrap our brains around current media conditions ? and what "Net safety" should look like under them. We're in the middle of a Gutenberg Press-style media shift, multiplied by 3. Author and media pundit Clay Shirky talks about the four previous media shifts that "qualify for http://www.netfamilynews.org/2009/09/youth-adults-social-media-shift.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm Microsoft launches free security, BBC Microsoft has released its own-brand computer security package to the public with no restrictions on use. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/technology/8279109.stm More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm Recap of PFF Hill Event on ?Next-Generation Parental Controls & Child Safety Efforts?, PFF Yesterday up on Capitol Hill, I hosted a very interesting discussion about ?Next-Generation Parental Controls & Child Safety Efforts.?? I thought I?d provide a quick recap here for those who couldn?t attend. [Note: audio of the event will be up shortly at the link above and transcript is in the works.] The event featured Steve Crown, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techliberation/~3/3JeHJxitxAo/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm Not an obscene racist after all: 4 flagged for Facebook fake, Ars Technica Teenagers can be cruel, and so can the Internet. Mixing the two can lead to some real drama-fests, and four Illinois teenagers are about to find out if there are consequences to using Facebook to aggressively target a classmate. The teens http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/that-obscene-racist-may-be-fake-4-sued-for-profile-prank.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, Safe Internet Launched in 2001, National Cyber Security Awareness Month is a public awareness effort to encourage internet users in both the public and private sectors to protect their computers and the country's cyber infrastructure. It is supported by the National Cyber Security Alliance and several other organizations, both government and private. http://safeinternet.org/blog/october-national-cyber-security-awareness-month More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm Senators Plan Bill to Advance Net Neutrality, Wash Post Sen. Byron L. Dorgan (D-N.D.) said in an interview Monday that he and Sen. Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine) are considering legislation aimed at helping advance the adoption of new rules on net neutrality. http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=20e5ce9ace32d68029b58e005d797ae2 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm Washington Post Joins Growing Chorus of Concern on Net Neutrality Regs, USTelecom Add another influential voice to the mounting dissent surrounding Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski?s proposal to dramatically expand and codify so-called net neutrality principles into regulation. http://www.ustelecom.org/Video_Blogs/Blog/index.php/2009/09/28/washington-post-joins-growing-chorus-of-concern-on-net-neutrality-regs/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm What Network Neutrality Is REALLY About - Hey WSJ, 2005 called and wants its talking point back, dslreports f you've paid attention, you know the modern "network neutrality" debate took off in 2005, when then AT&T CEO Ed Whitacre proudly, though dumbly, proclaimed that Google got a "free ride" on his network. According to Ed, this http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/What-Network-Neutrality-Is-REALLY-About-104631 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm Sen. Rockefeller: ?Broadband Brings the World to Everyone?, Nextgenweb Watching the live-stream of today?s West Virginia Broadband Summit on NextGenWeb, it was hard to not feel optimistic about all the ways broadband is improving our lives. Sen. Rockefeller (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, brought that message to his home state from Washington ? and spoke of the need http://www.nextgenweb.org/news-and-blog-clips/sen-rockefeller-%E2%80%9Cbroadband-brings-the-world-to-everyone%E2%80%9D More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralnprm.htm The Washington Post Slams Net Neutrality Regulation, Tech Lib Front The Post, hardly a bastion of radical cyber-libertarianism, has come out strongly against FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski?s plans to have the FCC issue ?Net Neutrality? regulations. The editorial asks the critical threshold question we crazy cyber-libertarians always insist on: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techliberation/~3/0MO9vdil7cY/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralnprm.htm Is the Transition to IPv6 a "Market Failure?", Pataroo This is an extended commentary on a presentation to the 1st Workshop on Internet Economics, hosted by CAIDA in September 2009. http://www.circleid.com/posts/is_the_transition_to_ipv6_a_market_failure/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm Vonage Holdings Corp. Successfully Regains Compliance with NYSE Minimum Share Price Listing Requirement, Vonage No description http://ir.vonage.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=412020 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/vonage.htm USTR: We Can't Be Open About ACTA Because We Promised We Wouldn't Be (*Lobbyists Not Included), Techdirt The US Trade Rep apparently has a thing on their website called "ask the ambassador" and Robin alerts us that recently a "James from Virginia" asked a rather important question: http://techdirt.com/articles/20090925/0801256322.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/copyright.htm Senate Cuts Citizen Bloggers From Federal Shield Bill, Citizen's Media For citizen journalists, the federal shield law front was looking good for a while.? Although the House of Representatives version of the bill, passed in April, only offered a shield to professional bloggers, the Senate version didn't differentiate between the pros and the amateurs.? So there was hope that amateur journalists might actually, eventually, get its protection. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CitizenMediaLawProject/~3/muAO1fmw5vY/senate-cuts-citizen-bloggers-from-federal-shield-bill More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/ Who are the next Lickliders?, OSTP Although I never had the privilege of meeting him, one of my personal heroes is J.C.R. Licklider, an MIT professor who became head of the Information Processing Technology Office at the Advanced Research Projects Agency (now DARPA) in 1962. http://blog.ostp.gov/2009/09/28/who-are-the-next-lickliders/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/internet_history.htm Senators Look To Remove Telco Retroactive Immunity For Warrantless Wiretaps, Techdirt Even as the Obama administration is still supporting immunity for the telcos who gave the gov't wiretap info without any warrants, a group of Senators has now introduced legislation that would repeal the immunity. The simplest explanation for this: http://techdirt.com/articles/20090928/1414016340.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/fisa.htm Rein in Government Spying: Reform the USA PATRIOT Act and Repeal Telco Immunity, EFF Last week, ten US Senators introduced the perfect vehicle for reform of the surveillance powers in the PATRIOT Act, as well as the much broader and more dangerous FISA Amendments Act (FAA), the warrantless surveillance law that was passed by Congress last summer. http://www.eff.org/action/rein-government-spying More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/patriot.htm Congresswoman Introduces Broadband Affordability Act, Tech Policy Central Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA) introduced legislation last week that would expand the Universal Service Fund's (USF) Lifeline Assistance program to help low-income citizens get access to broadband service. http://www.techpolicycentral.com/2009/09/congresswoman-introduces-broad.php More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/usf/dd.htm AT&T accuses Google of violating telecom law, CW AT&T on Friday accused Google of violating the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules by blocking Google Voice calls to some rural areas. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9138558/AT_T_accuses_Google_of_violating_telecom_law?source=rss_news More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/ Response to AT&T's letter to FCC on Google Voice, Google This afternoon AT&T filed a letter with the Federal Communications Commission, alleging that Google Voice is preventing its users from making outbound calls to certain phone numbers with inflated access charges, and asking the Commission to intervene. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GooglePublicPolicyBlog/~3/zIlmiIU9VYw/response-to-at-letter-to-fcc-on-google.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/ USTelecom Statement on Google Voice Call Blocking, USTelecom Today, AT&T filed a letter with the Federal Communications Commission pointing out that Google Voice is blocking calls to certain numbers that would incur access charges to Google.? Traditional telecom and wireless companies are required by law to connect these calls, despite the exorbitant access charges often associated with them.? The AT&T letter points out the http://www.ustelecom.org/Video_Blogs/Blog/index.php/2009/09/25/ustelecom-statement-on-google-voice-call-blocking/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RSS Feeds : Fed Notices : Blog : Clips : http://www.cybertelecom.org/news.htm Now Extra Delicious! http://del.icio.us/rcannon100/zxc Cytertelecom is now on Twitter & Facebook! To [un]subscribe to Cybertelecom-l send mail to LISTSERV at LISTSERV.AOL.COM with the command [un]SUBSCRIBE CYBERTELECOM-L. Announce only list information available at? www.lawlists.net/mailman/listinfo? AUP :: www.cybertelecom.org/cybert.htm#aup Cybertelecom is Off-the-Record. Otherwise play nicely. Cybertelecom? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Link to us! www.cybertelecom.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~