Updated on February 27, 2010 at 10:20 AM: Tim Karr has demanded a retraction with claims that he fact checked his piece.  Upon further review of his claims, and having offered Tim $1,000 for proof of my “deep ties” to Arts & Labs, I have decided to change the title of the post to indicate [...]

Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Copps wants his agency to reach its regulatory tentacles into the “new media” space in order to protect the “public interest.” His appeal is another case of the FCC pushing for regulations well outside its statutory authority and overreaching.

It took 90 minutes but Tuesday evening’s panel discussion about the future of news ultimately devolved into a predictable attack by media “reformers” on commercial media and communications companies that see the Internet as their “plaything.” Robert McChesney of Free Press whined about having to battle “King Kong and Godzilla on steroids,” and Jane Hamsher of the blog Firedoglake accused telecom and media companies of cannibalizing the Internet.

A familiar line of argument is developing on the left. They suggest that “fill in the blank is the way it always was, so we’re really not suggesting anything new.” This is the argument they make about net neutrality, while completely ignoring that the largest provider of broadband – the cable industry – was never [...]

Digital Society Q&A Podcast
Episode #1
Length: 24min
Topic: Washington Post Cecilia Kang interview with Vint Cerf