Geoff Daily wrote something I think is worth highlighting. Noting (A) Christopher Yoo’s point about the benefits of smart networks (multicast, mobility, security, cloud computing, interactive video, adaptability) and the preference or letting innovation happen before presuming it must be regulated, and (B) the points made by the Open Internet Coalition’s Markham Erickson, who “supports the notion that networks being able to offer prioritized service may potentially be a net positive, but he cautions that” it could tilt investment to managed services, rather than “open bandwidth”.

A group of game developers want the FCC to ban premium QoS services from ISPs, so they employ the usual scare tactics that ISPs will block websites without these hard line regulations. But their real motive is to stop their competitors from competing with better services.

John W. Mayo and Scott Wallsten examine secondary spectrum trading to improve wireless markets. The paper takes a look at the secondary spectrum markets regulation and evolution up to this point, and additionally catalog the secondary markets while examining their operations and resell practices.

Telecom and tech bloggers were abuzz yesterday as Obama’s response to a question about net neutrality made it’s way through the ether. (video is embedded after the jump) The question, asked as part of the YouTube interview with the President, may have generated more controversy than intended.

Update 2/3/2010 – Some have contacted me that the following post is over simplistic, and they raise some very good points.  It isn’t the RIAA that is seeking the million dollar fines; they’re usually asking for ~$3500 settlement fees; it is the juries that are issuing these multi-million dollar fines if the case goes to court. [...]

Google is beta testing HTML5 for video playback on YouTube, and my initial impressions of the technology are not good at all. A few months earlier, I couldn’t get Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Google Chrome to run HTML5 video. I am able to get the latest version of Chrome to render the video, but the results look terrible in its current stage.

Micro-payments are frequently raised as a potential funding mechanism for digital content. There are a number of important issues that any experimentation will have to address.