Contributed by Organizations or Campuses; Articles, Papers, and Reports; Net Neutrality; and Telecommunications

AT&T Offers More for BellSouth Deal Approval

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Title:AT&T Offers More for BellSouth Deal Approval (ID: CSD4750)
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (2006)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:" AT&T has agreed to stiffer conditions on its acquisition of BellSouth to try to win approval from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, according to a letter filed with the agency late Thursday."
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An Internet for the few or the many?

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Title:An Internet for the few or the many? (ID: CSD4591)
Author(s):Stefanie Olsen (CNET News.com) and Anne Broache (CNET News.com)
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (2006)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:Michael Copps has a message for the technology industry when it comes to Net neutrality: Get involved.
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Substrate neutrality

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Title:Substrate neutrality (ID: CSD4556)
Author(s):Susan Crawford
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (2006)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:For a generation of intellectual property scholars, communications issues were peripheral. The telephone wires were humming along, doing their jobs -- what really mattered were Hollywood's attempts to control formerly unregulated uses of content. Now communications issues have come to be central. As we've discussed in the past, communications law is to this networked age as intellectual property law was to the information age and labor law was to the industrial age.
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Good Fences Make Bad Broadband

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Title:Good Fences Make Bad Broadband (ID: CSD4531)
Author(s):John Windhausen, Jr. (Telepoly)
Source:Public Knowledge
Origin:Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (2006)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:The genius of the Internet is its promise of unlimited accessibility. With very limited exceptions, any consumer with an Internet connection and a computer can visit any web site, attach any device, post any content, and provide any service. While the openness of the Internet is universally praised, it is no longer guaranteed, at least for broadband services. Recent Supreme Court and FCC rulings define broadband networks as unregulated "information services," which means that the operators of broadband networks are no longer under any legal obligation to keep their networks open to all Internet content, services and equipment.
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