by msputnik | Mar 7, 2014 | Commentary
Just as Frank Underwood turns to you to share his secret plan to become president of the United States, a buffering signal pops up on your computer. 2% then 23% then 68% then 2% all over again. All you want to do is finish this one episode so you can go back to work...
by Anne Phillips | Sep 28, 2011 | Cases, Commentary
Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes coined the term “marketplace of ideas” in his 1919 Abrams v. United States dissent. He compared freedom of information to the economic idea of the “free market,” in which the quality of a product determines consumer demand,...
by anickow | Sep 30, 2010 | Commentary
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration held a workshop Wednesday to address the ongoing (slow) transition to IPv6. Guests included executives from VeriSign, Comcast, Akamai, Verizon, and Google. This is the first time the Obama administration...
by Matthew Remissong | Dec 31, 2009 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News
The proposed merger between Comcast and NBC Universal is a major test for the Obama administration’s positions on vertical mergers and media consolidation. Comcast has already made some commitments to aid it during the review process, which is likely to take at...