CDT files comments with the Department of Commerce concerned with the state of privacy on the Internet. They believe that privacy and security is especially important because of the innovation and economic growth that the Internet has provided. CDT believes that the DOC can provide a “comprehensive privacy framework” for the United States.

Last week’s post Danger: Congress at Work on Interchange Fees praised the recent Mercatus/ICLE conference. An email just arrived from Mercatus with the links to videos of the sessions. Lots of excellent material.

It was ironic that the same groups like Free Press that were clamoring for usage based Internet service instead of network management became the same groups that demanded a ban on usage based pricing services. So it came as no surprise to me that the same groups now also oppose AT&T’s new data plans of 200 MB and 2000 MB usage caps.

Authors Ford and Spiwak review the new issues created that put the Federal Communications Commissions legal authority to regulate the Internet into question after the Comcast v. FCC case. The FCC will move forward with what they have called a “Third Way” in which broadband would be reclassified in order to gain some authority in what has been referred to as “Title II Lite”.

Over at the E3 conference it was just announced that ESPN would be headed to the Xbox 360. The offering will be free to Gold subscribers and is essentially ESPN3 (Previously ESPN360.com). It will offer 3,500 live or On-Demand sporting events at launch.

Content & Copyright PFF, FTC Workshop Tomorrow on Future of Journalism to Consider Controversial Recommendations (June 14): Lots of links to related material. And lots more here. AND: Ars technica, “Addressing Market Fragility”: public policy’s role in stabilizing journalism (June 14): “New America Foundation’s C.W. Anderson looks at the suggestions for “saving journalism” being considered [...]

If you go to RapidShare.Net, you get a Hot Downloads blurb with clicks to numerous movies, such as It’s Complicated and Ironman 2; software, such as Windows, Adobe, TomTom; and other pirated goods, along with buttons for “Russian sex,” “swinger,” “underage,” and other sensual promises. I would hesitate to click on anything because I doubt [...]

The authors review the new data plan offering by AT&T and believe that many customers will be confronted with deciding how much data they use. They do believe that AT&T’s Data Calculator is a good start for those looking to make changes to their data plan.

[Cross-posted at AEI's Enterprise Blog.] Years ago, I reviewed a rulemaking record involving an amendment to the FTC’s regulations on care label instruction for clothes. After examining the factual support for one proposed provision, I noted: “The FTC is about to promulgate a federal law because in a small town in Ohio ten years ago [...]

Akamai Technologies who runs about 20% of the worlds Internet traffic has been beefing up their systems over the past year in preparation for the 2010 World Cup. They are anticipating that important matches will see peak loads of two to three times the high of President Obama’s inauguration, which came in at 1 Terabit of data running over their network. ESPN will be showing live matches through their new ESPN3.com network (Previously ESPN360.com), and they are also anticipating two to three times the visits they received for the 2006 World Cup.