Lawrence Lessig

FCC on Comcast: Bravo!

Stevie Converse — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:49:42 -0700

Net Neutrality

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:25:32 -0700

Casting a Wider Net

Stevie Converse — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:10:14 -0700

Several leading lights of the Internet world believe that access to broadband is a civil right, like water, roads and sewage treatment, and have renewed their call for making such access a national priority. To further their goal, they have introduced a Web site, internetforeveryone.org.

Broad Coalition Backs Universal Broadband

Stevie Converse — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:25:34 -0700

A broad coalition of Internet business leaders, online gurus, community organizers and advocates across the political spectrum launched a campaign Tuesday with the lofty goal of universal high-speed Internet service.

New Group Makes Broadband a National Priority

Stevie Converse — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:56:13 -0700

Federal Communications Commission commissioner Jonathan Adelstein joined tech policy pundits, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists Tuesday to launch a new initiative aimed at making broadband a priority in the U.S.

Internet for Everyone Campaign Aims to Bridge Digital Divide

Stevie Converse — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:22:28 -0700

An all-star panel of Internet academics, activists, and entrepreneurs gathered at the Personal Democracy Forum in New York today to launch Internet for Everyone, a campaign calling for a national broadband policy to bridge the "digital divide." The group—the members on hand today included such luminaries as Vint Cerf, Lawrence Lessig, Jonathan Zittrain, and Tim Wu—is urging political action to

The Future Is Broadband, not Facebook

Stevie Converse — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:59:40 -0700

I asked Larry Lessig to name the most overlooked tech policy issue facing America, and he said it's the management of the broadband spectrum.

FCC Member, Lessig Unveil U.S. Broadband Initiative

Stevie Converse — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:11:53 -0700

U.S. Federal Communications Commission member Jonathan Adelstein and several high-profile technology executives and industry advocates on Tuesday launched an initiative to make broadband access a national priority in the U.S.

Mr. Lessig Goes to Washington

Stevie Converse — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:46:55 -0700

In late March, Stanford law professor Lawrence Lessig came to DC to draw back the curtain on the second act of his career. Lessig, with his placid mien and quiet voice, does not exude the aura of a star, but over the past decade he's become one of the most influential public intellectuals of the Internet age.

Internet Neutrality and the Struggle for Equal Access

Stevie Converse — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:41:44 -0700

Last week the Federal Communication Commission held a hearing at Stanford University on how the government should regulate internet traffic. Folks who heard about it may have thought, "Wait a minute, didn't they just have a hearing on this a few weeks before?" They did.

Media Minutes: April 25, 2008

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Media Minutes 2008-04-25

candace — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:31:40 -0700

The New York Times uncovers a Pentagon scheme to sell the occupation of Iraq to the American public. And Net Neutrality takes center stage at both Congress and the FCC.

Net Neutrality Battle Returns to the U.S. Senate

Stevie Converse — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:00:14 -0700

Net neutrality has returned to Capitol Hill.

The saga of Comcast's throttling of BitTorrent file-sharing traffic--and intense interest from the Federal Communications Commission, including a hearing at Stanford University last week--has appended the topic onto at least some politicians' to-do list.

Testimony of Lawrence Lessig

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:34:26 -0700

Mr. Chairman, and Members of the Committee, my name is Lawrence Lessig, and I am a professor of law at Stanford Law School.

Casting a Wide Net

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:31:12 -0700

Stanford University law professor Lawrence Lessig, author of four books about the Internet and its impact on society, is an obvious get for a congressional hearing on "The Future of the Internet," set to unfold today under the aegis of the Senate commerce committee.

Lessig Leads Net Neutrality Charge in Stanford Inquisition

Stevie Converse — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:21:45 -0700

"The most outrageous thing about this whole story," Larry Lessig told FCC boss Kevin Martin, "is that we can't get the facts straight." And we agree with him.

Comcast, Telcos Ritually Abused at FCC Hearing in Palo Alto

Stevie Converse — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:57:47 -0700

Young San Jose resident Alex Polvi presented the least informed, but probably most typical argument for net neutrality in his public comment featured in this video clip from the rescheduled network neutrality hearings hosted by the FCC at Stanford today.

FCC Likely to Act on P2P Internet Throttling

Stevie Converse — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:48:19 -0700

The Federal Communications Commission's hearing at Stanford Thursday was a chance for the public to vent frustrations at Comcast's and other Internet service providers' network-management practices, but -- unlike at a similar hearing in February -- the ISPs were not around to listen.

Law Professor Warns the FCC About Ceding Too Much Control to Large Internet Providers

Stevie Converse — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:28:47 -0700

Net neutrality -- the notion that everyone has a right to equal access to the Internet -- should be a bedrock principle of life on the web, Larry Lessig, law professor and Internet advocate, told the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Thursday, as the FCC's five commissioners took the stage at Dinkelspiel Auditorium for a daylong public hearing.

Lawrence Lessig to FCC: "Preserve what has worked"

mthompson — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:56:09 -0700

Lawrence Lessig delivers a landmark presentation to the FCC on the future of the open Internet in America. "Preserve what has worked in driving this economy -- and what has worked is a neutral network."