March 10, 2009
There’s a periodic discussion that weaves its way through the progressive blogosphere that goes like this: “How the hell can I make any money off my blog?” Sadly, the fact that we still have the discussion as often as we do means there have been no sure-fire answers found as of yet...
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March 04, 2009
World’s on fire, world’s on fire/And it’s too close to the wire/World’s on fire, world’s on fire/And it’s about to expire — The Prodigy, “World’s On Fire” Watching the markets jump on President Obama’s advice that stocks are a good ba...
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Rarely do you see things put so susinctly. Sometimes I could just kiss Paul Graham, but that would be kind of weird and creepy. :) He captures the inevitability of the TV vs. Internet war, the sheer obviousness and the magic and slaps it all down in a few hundred words like it was meant to be. From:...
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March 02, 2009
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission new media hearings take a break over the next few days before concluding with a steady stream of appearances by Internet service providers, who are certain to argue next week against the imposition of a new ISP tax to fund the creation ...
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February 25, 2009
I mentioned in my previous post that this past weekend I attended the Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE). The keynote speech was given by Bradley Kuhn of the Software Freedom Law Center. Kuhn’s talk centered around the proliferation of “software as a service” applications, or w...
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Martin
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The CRTC's net neutrality hearing submissions have generated several comments that link net neutrality with copyright. As noted yesterday, CIRPA believes that content blocking of P2P sites should be considered. Quebecor, which owns Videotron, a leading Quebec ISP, goes even further.&...
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February 18, 2009
I’m on a panel tomorrow at the General Meeting of the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group, the organization that keeps the Internet from being overrun by spam and malware: The Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group is a global organization focusing on preserving electronic messaging from online exp...
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February 12, 2009
Legislators in conference committee have reportedly reached agreement on a final $790 billion stimulus package, and while some details of the final broadband subsidy package are still being hammered out, word from the Hill is that a "network management" amendment proposed by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D...
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February 10, 2009
Some network neutrality advocates fuel their brains with wild-eyed worries: ISPs slashing access to Web sites and applications with the abandon of Huns sweeping down from the steppes. Those in the ISP community tend to see these as mere fever dreams, dystopian visions that have little correspondence...
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Yesterday FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein toured Los Angeles to speak to community leaders about the delay in the digital television transition, originally scheduled for next Tuesday, February 17, but rescheduled for a once-and-for-all-we-really-mean-it-this-time cutoff of June 12. I covered the...
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