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Posted by on under public interest groups, brookings institute, fcc chairman, net neutrality, keynote speech, veriz, slashdot, gatekeepers, traffic management, fcc, comcast, principals, amp, proposal |
wiredog writes "From The Washington Post comes news that the FCC is preparing to propose net neutrality rules on Monday. Quoting: '[FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski] will discuss the rules Monday during a keynote speech at The Brookings Institute. He isn't expected to drill into many details, but the proposal will specifically be for an additional guideline on how operators like AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast can control what goes on their networks. That additional guideline would prevent the operators from discriminating, or act as gatekeepers, of Web content and services. ... The agency is expected to review what traffic management is reasonable and what practices are discriminatory. The guidelines are known as "principals" at the agency, which some public interest groups have sought to codify so that they would clearly be enforceable.'"
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Posted by on under th weekend, saturday night live, betty white, wesley snipes, brooklyn, spotlight, appearance, proposal, celebrity |
With the return of Betty White (via a successful Facebook campaign to get her to host Saturday Night Live and an appearance in "The Proposal") and Wesley Snipes (starring in "Brooklyn's Finest," opening this weekend), we take a look at a few more celebs we'd like to see make a return to the spotlight.
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Posted by on under state department officials, croy, minter, australian government, slashdot, censorship, counterpart, us government, tensions, proposal, australia |
daria42 writes "Tensions between the US Government and its counterpart in Australia appear to be rising over Australia's proposal to filter the internet for objectionable content. The US government has raised its concerns over what it sees as potential censorship directly with the Australian Government. However, last night, Australia's Communications Minister Stephen Conroy denied he had had any approach from US State Department Officials."
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Posted by on under hugh pickens, statutory damages, google, russian roulette, policy counsel, cnet reports, counterfeit goods, search engines, border security, legal framework, legal liability, intermediaries, daphne, internet providers, lawsuits, white house, proposal, bus |
Hugh Pickens writes "CNET reports that Daphne Keller, a senior policy counsel at Google, says ACTA has 'metastasized' from a proposal to address border security and counterfeit goods to an sweeping international legal framework for copyright and the Internet that could increase the liability for Internet intermediaries such as, perhaps, search engines. 'You don't want to play Russian roulette with very high statutory damages.' One section of ACTA says that Internet providers 'disabling access' to pirated material and adopting a policy dealing with unauthorized 'transmission of materials protected by copyright' would be immune from lawsuits but if they choose not to do so, they could face legal liability. Both the Obama administration and the Bush administration had rejected requests for the text of ACTA, with the White House last year even indicating that disclosure would do 'damage to the national security.'"
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