A laissez-faire approach to copyright. It all began with a 19-second video clip recorded at a zoo. One of the founders of YouTube, Jawed Karim, uploaded the video on April 23, 2005, showing him describing the length of an elephant's trunk. "Anyone could be a star and there was no gate keeper," CNET.com senior editor Bridget ... MORE
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How 10 years Of YouTube Transformed The Internet
A laissez-faire approach to copyright. It all began with a 19-second video clip recorded at a zoo. One of the founders of YouTube, Jawed Karim, uploaded the video on April 23, 2005, showing him describing the length of an elephant's trunk. "Anyone could be a star and there was no gate keeper," CNET.com senior editor Bridget ... MOREHow To Break The Internet
by Geoffrey A. Manne & R. Ben Sperry. "Net neutrality" sounds like a good idea. It isn't. As political slogans go, the phrase net neutrality has been enormously effective, riling up the chattering classes and forcing a sea change in the government's decades-old hands-off approach to regulating the Internet. But as an organizing principle for the ... MORENSA Doesn’t Need To Spy Your Calls To Learn Your Secrets
by Bruce Schneier. Governments and corporations gather, store, and analyze the tremendous amount of data we chuff out as we move through our digitized lives. Often this is without our knowledge, and typically without our consent. Based on this data, they draw conclusions about us that we might disagree with or object to, and that can impact ... MOREBrendan Sasso: Internet Providers Sue to Kill Net Neutrality
Opposition to the FCC power grab. Telecom companies filed a pair of lawsuits Monday in an attempt to
reverse the Federal Communications Commission's new net neutrality
rules. The suits are expected to be the opening shots in a long legal war against the controversial regulations. USTelecom, which represents AT&T, Verizon, and other ... MOREGOP Senators Rip FCC's Net Neutrality Decision
by Grant Gross. Ted Cruz: "An abuse of its authority." The U.S. Federal Communications Commission's new net neutrality rules could open the door to rate regulation and could drive some small broadband providers out of business, some Senate Republicans said Wednesday. Some Republican members of the Senate Commerce, Science and ... MORELawrence W. Reed: Internet at the Speed of Government
Government always quick to fix what is not broken. Last month, the Federal Communications Commission launched a historic power grab over
the Internet, euphemistically known as “net neutrality,” based on a
Great Depression-era law to regulate public utilities. While
entrepreneurs are pursuing cutting-edge business models and ... MORE6 Ridiculous Myths About Legal Internet Gambling Busted
by Michelle Minton. Should the United States government ban online poker? One billionaire casino owner thinks so. In the quest to convince Americans that they shouldn't be able to do what they want with their own money in their own homes, proponents of the ban have spent big bucks and spread big lies. Below are some of the biggest whoppers. ... MORENY Times Editorial: The President's Weak Privacy Proposal
Codifying bad behavior. President
Obama has said that the country needs a strong privacy law so consumers
can protect personal information from advertisers, Internet firms,
employers and other businesses. But the country is not going to get it
from Mr. Obama. The bill his administration recently offered will do
little to help individuals while giving ... MOREAndrew Napolitano: A Lone Wolf President
Can the president rewrite federal laws? Can he alter their meaning? Can he change their effect? These are legitimate questions in an era in which we have an unpopular progressive Democratic president who has boasted that he can govern without Congress by using his phone and his pen, and a mostly newly elected largely conservative Republican ... MORE
Net Neutrality Is A Triumph of the Ruling Class
by Jeffrey Tucker. A triumph of “free expression and democratic principles”? How stupid do they think we are? It’s been painful to watch the gradual tightening of government
control in the name of net neutrality. The Federal Communications
Commission’s decision to rewrite the rules and declare the Internet as a
public utility seals the ... MORE
FCC Chair Appears To Be Hellbent On Internet Takeover
by Andrew Johnson. Two prominent House committee chairs are “deeply disappointed” in Federal Communications Commission chairman Tom Wheeler for refusing to testify before Congress as “the future of the Internet is at stake.” Wheeler’s refusal to go before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday comes on the eve of the FCC’s vote on ... MOREMark Cuban Says Net Neutrality Will ‘Fuck Everything Up’
by Dawn Chmielewski. Billionaire investor and ABC “Shark Tank” star Mark Cuban unloaded on the Federal Communications Commission’s plan to fundamentally change how it oversees the open Internet. “That will fuck everything up,” said the voluble Cuban in remarks Wednesday at the Code/Media conference at The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, Ca. ... MORETammy Bruce: FCC, FEC Look To Ruin The Internet
The left lifts its boot toward the free flow of information. We knew this was coming. Within the last couple of weeks, both the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Election Commission
declared their intention to regulate the Internet. Fascists always
explain their actions as efforts to either make something more
efficient, ... MOREHolding Data Hostage: The Perfect Internet Crime?
by Tom Simonite. Every so often someone invents a new way of making money on the Internet that earns wild profits, attracts countless imitators, and reshapes what it means to be online. Unfortunately, such a shift took place last year in the world of online crime, with the establishment of sophisticated malicious software known as ransomware as a ... MORE
John Stossel: Trust
Just check the ratings. Trust — society depends on it. For most of history, our ancestors lived in clans with other family
members, or in small villages. Everyone pretty much knew who was
trustworthy. People behaved better because they wanted good
relationships with family members and neighbors. It's one reason that
today we trust ... MOREJames Gattuso & Diane Katz: 10 Worst Regulations Of 2014
Laws beyond bad. As 2014 comes to a close, it is enveloped in red tape. From the
breakfast table to the night light, government regulators invaded nearly
every moment of our lives. Here’s our take on the 10 worst examples of
the past year: Number 10. Federal Censorship Commission: The Federal Communications Commission began considering a ... MOREMeasure To Tax Internet Sales Is Dead For A Year
by Sean Higgins. Legislation to tax Internet sales is dead for the year, a key Senate aide said. No bill allowing the taxation will be taken up before Congress' lame-duck session ends, meaning that purchases made through online merchants such as Amazon will continue to be tax-free for the foreseeable future. A coalition made up of state and ... MOREHow The NSA Tampers With US-Made Internet Routers
by Glenn Greenwald. For years, the US government loudly warned the world that Chinese routers and other internet devices pose a "threat" because they are built with backdoor surveillance functionality that gives the Chinese government the ability to spy on anyone using them. Yet what the NSA's documents show is that Americans have been ... MORE
Net Neutrality Compromises the Internet’s Future
by Donald Rieck and Wayne Winegarden. Perhaps President Obama envisions that the Internet is operated by Ernestine, the condescending telephone operator played by Lily Tomlin on Laugh-In. Otherwise, it is difficult to justify why he would want to hobble the 21st century broadband industry with regulations designed in the ... MORE
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