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Category: The FCC

  • The FCC Can Has Google for Piratez

    Ever wondered how the FCC tracks down and busts pirate radio operators? Anyone familiar with the subject has heard about radio tracking equipment that helps agents triangulate a signal, but what other tools are in their arsenal? Google is a big one. Another tool? Taking pictures of the buildings where they find signals, and photographing…

  • May 2 Radioshow Notes & Links

    Links and notes related to the May 2 mediageek radioshow: FCC Proceeding on localism: http://www.fcc.gov/localism Public Knowledge’s Orphan Works Act page: http://www.publicknowledge.org/issues/ow Matthew Lasar’s Ars Technica article: NPR’s war on Low Power FM: the laws of physics vs. politics You can read the full test of the show’s news headlines after the jump.

  • Wrap Up on Senate Net Neutrality Hearing

    The Benton Foundation has compiled an excellent wrap-up of testimony and press coverage of yesterday’s Senate Commerce Committee hearing on network neutrality.

  • Martin’s Straw House of Network Neutrality

    After listening to Chairman Martin’s testimony [PDF / webcast] to the Senate Commerce Committee today, along much of his Q&A with members of the committee, I can’t help but think that Martin is really walking a tightrope. On the one hand, he asserts quite confidently that the Commission has the legal right to enforce its…

  • Larry Lessig Explains Network Neutrality, now with slides

    Stanford law Prof. Larry Lessig apparently recorded his own testimony at the FCC hearing last week, and sync’d it up with his PowerPoint/Keynote slides into a nice little video that he’s posted to his blog. I tuned in too late to catch his presentation last Thursday, and the hearing wasn’t even over by the time…

  • Senate Comm Hearing on Net Neutrality Right Now

    I didn’t even know it was happening, until I saw Free Press’ tweets this morning. They’re live-twittering it right now if you want to follow along: Martin: Failure to disclose network management practices or tolls would be unreasonable. Actual practice of discrimination may or may not be Dorgan is questioning Martin, trying to make a…

  • Stanford Score: Internet Freedom 1, Comcast United 0

    I was able to listen to a pretty good portion of the testimony at yesterday’s FCC hearing on broadband network management at Stanford University. My overall impression is that the public interest in a free, open internet got a pretty fair hearing, overall, with even some of the more “free market” economists having to admit…

  • Is Boulder Free Radio Back?

    Monk–the captain of the original, but departed Boulder Free Radio–observes the apparent resurrection of the mantle. The new captains say: Pirate Radio lives again in Boulder! We may go by others names and on different frequencies. We may broadcast live on the air, or streaming over the internet, or both. We may do it from…

  • Free Press Live Blogging from Stanford FCC Hearing

    Free Press is keeping a live blog of the FCC Hearing on Net Neutrality at Stanford University. Looks like at least 300 people have showed up to be in the audience so far. I got too hung up with work to tune in right at 2 PM and the FCC’s RealAudio feeds are all full…

  • FCC Net Neutrality Hearing Lineup Announced

    The FCC finally announced the lineup for the hearing on Network Management at Stanford University tomorrow, and it looks pretty good, including: Lawrence Lessig, C. Wendell and Edith M. Carlsmith Professor of Law, Stanford Law School; Rick Carnes, President, Songwriters Guild of America; Jean Prewitt, President and Chief Executive Officer, Independent Film & Television Alliance;…