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1.27 :: Waiting :: Rigged :: Demands :: Day of Reckoning :: iDead :: Blasts the BureauCrats in Capital City :: Blame it on the Internet ::

2012-01-27T16:47:00.001-05:00

============================================ CyberTelecom News Federal Internet Law and Policy============================================I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but WorldWar IV will be fought with sticks and stones. --Albert EinsteinIf You're Waiting on FiOS, You Could Be Waiting a While - 30% ofVerizon Customers May Wait Years for Upgrades,

TPRC Call for Papers

2012-01-25T18:30:00.001-05:00

TPRC, the 40th Research Conference on Communication, Information andInternet Policy, is an annual conference on communication, informationand internet policy that convenes international and interdisciplinaryresearchers and policymakers from academia, industry, government, andnonprofit organizations. Its purpose is to present original researchrelevant to policy making, share information about

1.19 :: ██████████ :: ██████████ :: ██████████ :: ██████████ ::

2012-01-19T17:37:00.001-05:00

============================================ CyberTelecom News Federal Internet Law and Policy============================================The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected. ~Will RogersCLOSED CAPTIONING OF INTERNET PROTOCOL-DELIVERED VIDEO PROGRAMMING: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY COMMUNICATIONS AND VIDEO ACCESSIBILITY ACT OF

1.13 :: If you turned off the Internet :: Hoping to Expedite :: Sounds an Alarm :: Urges Action :: Way Off Target :: Move Forward ::

2012-01-14T09:52:00.000-05:00

============================================ CyberTelecom News Federal Internet Law and Policy============================================"Broadcast TV is living on borrowed time. It is not going to be long before it goes the way of vinyl records and 8 track tapes." - Justice Alito, FCC v Fox Oral ArgumentReport Finds Broadband Investment Key to U.S. Competitiveness, USTelecomAs

1.10 :: Relentless :: Screams Conspiracy :: Romeo & Juliet :: Censorship is Freedom :: Got Copper? :: Random Thoughts ::

2012-01-10T17:26:00.001-05:00

============================================ CyberTelecom News Federal Internet Law and Policy============================================My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure. – Abraham LincolnUpdate: FCC Invites Comments on Recon re New iTRS Rules, CommLawBlogLast August we reported on new rules imposing a number of

2012 TPRC Announcement

2012-01-09T14:16:00.001-05:00

FROM TPRC CENTRALMark your calendars! TPRC 2012: 40th Research Conference onCommunications, Internet and Information Policy will be held September21-23, 2012 at George Mason University School of Law in Arlington, VA.The call for papers for this year's conference will be available theend of January. Abstract submissions will begin March 1 with adeadline of March 31. Information concerning panel

ACPA Part 5: The Elements of a Cause of Action (Bad Bad Faith)

2012-01-09T09:00:00.000-05:00

In order to succeed on an AntiCybersquatting Consumer Protection Act cause of action, a Trademark Owner (TMO) must establish: the TMO has a valid distinctive or famous trademark entitled to protection; the domain name and the trademark are either identical or confusingly similar (or dilutive for famous trademarks); the domain name owner used, registered, or trafficked in the domain name; with

2.6 :: A Targeted Solution :: Military Concerns :: $37.2 Billion :: Dont Censor the Internet :: Spying :: Triggering :: What 4th Amendment?? :: Good Dog ::

2012-01-06T17:45:00.001-05:00

============================================ CyberTelecom News Federal Internet Law and Policy============================================Only one thing is impossible for God: to find any sense in any copyright law on the planet. - Mark Twain's Notebook, 1902-1903Defense Bill Puts Pressure on FCC, LightSquared, ForbesA clause buried in the defense spending bill prevents the FCC

1.4 :: Appalling :: Myth :: Dominant :: No Plans to Delay :: Awwwkward :: $2 Fee To Read this Post :: Inter /~/ Net :: rogue.gov ::

2012-01-04T18:30:00.001-05:00

============================================ CyberTelecom News Federal Internet Law and Policy============================================Sprint gives LightSquared more time to win over FCC, CWSprint Nextel has given LightSquared another month to gain FCC approval for its planned 4G network, extending a deal in which LightSquared would use Sprint's Network Vision infrastructure

ACPA Part 4: A Targeted Solution

2012-01-04T18:10:00.000-05:00

Sen. Abraham In response to the tales of horrors, Congress enacted the AntiCybersquatter Consumer Protection Act. According to the Legislative History, "The purpose of the bill is to protect consumers and American businesses, to promote the growth of online commerce, and to provide clarity in the law for TMOs by prohibiting the bad-faith and abusive registration of distinctive marks as

12.21 :: Hogs :: Brother Can You Spare an Approval :: Sniffing :: Lawsuit :: Vulnerable Consumers :: Quite Expensive :: FTC Fines Santa Claus ::

2011-12-21T16:46:00.001-05:00

============================================ CyberTelecom News Federal Internet Law and Policy============================================"I say to you that the VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston strangler is to the woman home alone." Testimony of Jack Valenti, President of the Motion Picture Association of America, before the U.S. House of

FCC Names Henning Schulzrinne Chief Technology Officer

2011-12-19T17:30:00.000-05:00

The FCC, like other federal agencies, has unique, short-term positions that are filled by visiting academics. The Chief Technologist position generally sits in either the Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis or the Office of Engineering and Technology. Past Chief Technologists have included Prof. David Farber, Prof. Doug Sicker, Prof. Jon Peha, and Stagg Newman. Press Release:

12.15 :: Slowly Eroding :: Still a Disaster :: Rope-a-Dope :: The Curious Case :: A Rolling Scandal :: Wont Say How ::

2011-12-15T20:17:00.001-05:00

============================================ CyberTelecom News Federal Internet Law and Policy============================================"The radio craze will die out in time." Thomas Edison, 1922Verizon Upgrades Its IP Network Access to Enable 100G Technology, CISCOno descriptionhttp://newsroom.cisco.com/press-release-content?type=webcontent&articleId=5922846 Million Only Use

12.12 :: The Return of Cupcakegate :: SOPA Good for Paul Vixie's Business :: Clickable Felonies :: Turn Left, Ahead, at SEC Warning ::

2011-12-12T17:01:00.001-05:00

============================================ CyberTelecom News Federal Internet Law and Policy============================================It is my heart-warm and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspirationthat all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired,the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (everyman and brother of us all throughout the

12.7 :: Spam Sinks :: Patches not Bills :: Dont Throw the COPPA Out With the Bathwater :: Snoop-Gate :: Blasphemous ::

2011-12-08T05:47:00.001-05:00

============================================ CyberTelecom News Federal Internet Law and Policy============================================"Guard against the postures of pretended patriotism"--George WashingtonBroadband Speed: FCC Data Is Improving the Market, FCCAs part of our Consumer Empowerment Agenda, the FCC has been taking action to ensure that consumers are getting the

12.2 :: AT&T-Mobile :: and some other stuff ::

2011-12-02T16:28:00.001-05:00

============================================ CyberTelecom News Federal Internet Law and Policy============================================Basic research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing. -Werner von Braun,The 'Bandwidth Hog' is a Myth - And Caps Don't Really Address TrulyDisruptive Users, DSLReportsYou might recall that back in 2009, we mentioned a piece

11.29 :: Duopoly :: Indecency :: Nefarious :: 22 Questions :: Surprise Call :: Surprise :: Very Real and Very Bad :: Dangerous :: Schumer ::

2011-11-29T20:48:00.001-05:00

============================================ CyberTelecom News Federal Internet Law and Policy============================================Those who make peaceful change impossible, make violent changeinevitable. --John F KennedyJob Opening: Telecommunications Specialist, PSHSB, FCC http://goo.gl/Yf9SpThis position is located in the Public Safety & Homeland SecurityBureau,

The Wayward ACPA Part 3: Nefarious

2011-11-28T18:19:00.000-05:00

This is the third installment from my TPRC paper, The Wayward AntiCybersquatter Consumer Protection Act A Survey of 11 Years of ACPA Caselaw. In this post we explore the origins of the ACPA - the historical context that led to this legislation. Photo by Kevin Dooley Tales of Horrors The 106th Congress confronted a problem: the public Internet. As the public Internet exploded onto the

The Wayward ACPA: Act II: A Sour Story

2011-11-23T17:43:00.000-05:00

This is the 2nd installment taken from my TPRC paper: The Wayward AntiCybersquatter Consumer Protection Act A Survey of 11 Years of ACPA Caselaw We start and end with a story. Paul, owner and proprietor of the company FooBar, wishes to have a website on which to sell his wares. Paul contacts professional webdesigner Dan and explains his exciting plans for Foobar. Dan is an excellent

The Wayward ACPA: Act I: The Land Grab

2011-11-20T12:30:00.000-05:00

In 1994, WIRED magazine published Billions Registered by Joshua Quittner. The Internet, with roots going back more than 30 years, had at that time only recently emerged as a public phenomenon. The World Wide Web had been unleashed only three years prior. And most corporate executives would have laughed hysterically at the foretelling of the coming destruction of their business plans. For

11.14 :: No Upper MSS Band for Lightsquared :: Lock down Your Wireless Nets :: R Teens Meaner Online? :: End FCC's Indecency Regs :: U Have No Privacy Online ::

2011-11-14T16:52:00.001-05:00

============================================ CyberTelecom News Federal Internet Law and Policy============================================"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed, secondit is violently opposed, and third, it is accepted as self-evident." -Arthur SchopenhauerGPS Group to FCC: No Upper MSS Band for LightSquared, AINOnlineThe Coalition to Save

What is a Cybersecurity Professional, NIST wants to know

2011-11-10T21:34:00.001-05:00

So what is a Cybersecurity Professional? NIST thinks it would be useful to have some sort of standard common means of answering that question, and wants your input: NICE Issues Cybersecurity Workforce Framework for Public Comment From NIST Tech Beat: November 8, 2011 Contact: Evelyn Brown 301-975-5661 The National Initiative on Cybersecurity Education (NICE) has published for public

11.10 :: $19 Mobile Phone Service :: Digital Divide Report :: Botnet Takedown :: Reform Privacy Act :: Hill Bill Targets FCC :: Comcast IPv6 ::

2011-11-10T21:12:00.001-05:00

============================================ CyberTelecom News Federal Internet Law and Policy============================================Those who make peaceful change impossible will make violent revolutioninevitable. - John F. KennedyNATOA Applauds Connect-to-Compete Program, NATOAThe National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors("NATOA") applauds the

NIST Request Comments on Draft Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap

2011-11-07T17:34:00.000-05:00

The USG has announced a "Cloud First" information technology policy, and is hard at work attempting to implement this idea. The following RFC is from NIST: NIST Releases Draft Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap for Comments For Immediate Release: November 1, 2011 Contact: Evelyn Brown 301-975-5661 The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

11.7 :: Dont Do What Johnny Wifi Dont :: 3000 Sign Whitehouse.gov petition Seeking "Vapid Response" :: Occupy Hollywood :: Turning Parents into Liars and Criminals ::

2011-11-07T15:57:00.001-05:00

============================================ CyberTelecom News Federal Internet Law and Policy============================================Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears. Marcus AureliusWi-Fi security do's and don'ts, CWWi-Fi is inherently susceptible to hacking and eavesdropping, but itcan be secure if you use the right security measures.