http://blog.internetnews.com/kcorbin/ Policy Fugue - Tracking the loveless marriage of technology and government. en-us 2009-11-05T18:55:53-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/kcorbin/2009/11/senate-committee-clears-data-b.html A pair of bills that would require businesses to notify consumers in the event of a data breach cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday, moving on to the full Senate for consideration. The Data Breach Notification Act, sponsored by Dianne... Kenneth Corbin 2009-11-05T18:55:53-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/kcorbin/2009/10/spectrum-showdown-broadcasters.html We're well accustomed to thinking of spectrum as a limited resource. You simply can't create more airwaves. And if there's been one consistent refrain from the wireless industry in recent years, it is that the government agencies overseeing spectrum need... Kenneth Corbin 2009-10-28T18:26:51-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/kcorbin/2009/10/myspace-firing-up-the-rumor-mi.html It's no secret that MySpace has been undergoing something of an identity crisis. The company that deserves credit as the first blockbuster social networking site has been overtaken by Facebook in terms of traffic and legitimacy, and Twitter by measure... Kenneth Corbin 2009-10-28T10:29:07-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/kcorbin/2009/10/fcc-links-to-digg-like-comment.html When the Federal Communications Commission resolved last week to begin drafting Net neutrality rules, Chairman Julius Genachowski promised that the agency would go out of its way to invite comments from all interested parties and make its rule-making process one... Kenneth Corbin 2009-10-27T13:11:01-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/kcorbin/2009/10/illinois-sheriff-drops-craigsl.html A federal judge has dismissed the case an Illinois sheriff brought against Craigslist to force it to remove its adult services listings. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart filed the lawsuit in March, calling Craigslist the "largest source of prostitution in... Kenneth Corbin 2009-10-23T13:02:53-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/kcorbin/2009/10/mccain-lashes-back-with-bill-t.html I don't have any skin in the Net neutrality debate. Of course, my livelihood depends on the Web, but I tend to fall somewhere in between the shrieking extremists of the argument who claim that Net neutrality rules or, variously,... Kenneth Corbin 2009-10-22T19:57:58-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/kcorbin/2009/10/gop-opposition-to-net-neutrali.html The Federal Communications Commission has gotten another earful from GOP lawmakers who oppose Chairman Julius Genachowski's plan to initiate a rule-making procedure to strengthen the commission's stance on Net neutrality. In a letter dated Tuesday, 18 Senate Republicans prevailed on... Kenneth Corbin 2009-10-14T15:39:15-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/kcorbin/2009/10/doj-sues-to-force-att-to-dives.html The Department of Justice's antitrust chief today offered another reminder that there's a new sheriff in town, and that this administration is going to take a much more active role in policing markets to keep them competitive. The DoJ today... Kenneth Corbin 2009-10-13T18:00:06-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/kcorbin/2009/10/ftc-workshops-a-journalism-bai.html The Federal Trade Commission's plan to hold a two-day series of workshops in December regarding the impact of the Internet on the news industry has drawn howls of protest from bloggers and other new-media merchants who resent the obvious significance... Kenneth Corbin 2009-10-12T19:36:18-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/kcorbin/2009/10/fcc-responds-to-complaints-ove.html That didn't take long. The Federal Communications Commission has responded to criticism over Google's voice application, requesting information from the search giant about how the product works and, most importantly, details about why it doesn't connect calls in some rural... Kenneth Corbin 2009-10-09T16:05:22-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/kcorbin/2009/09/p2p-security-bill-clears-house.html A bill to protect users from inadvertently sharing files through peer-to-peer networks is headed to the House floor after clearing the Energy and Commerce Committee today in a markup session. The Informed P2P User Act would require file-sharing network providers,... Kenneth Corbin 2009-09-30T17:26:49-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/kcorbin/2009/09/google-clears-regulatory-hurdl.html Google has moved a step closer to finalizing its purchase of On2 Technologies, a firm specializing in video-compression technology that figures to improve the quality of its online video content. The search giant announced today that the Justice Department and... Kenneth Corbin 2009-09-29T18:07:49-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/kcorbin/2009/09/matsui-introduces-usf-reform-b.html At a House oversight hearing on the Federal Communications Commission last week, Doris Matsui (D-Calif.) announced her plan to introduce a bill to reform the agency's subsidy program for providing low-income Americans with telephone service to include broadband. On Thursday,... Kenneth Corbin 2009-09-25T18:52:46-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/kcorbin/2009/09/eff-scores-a-victory-in-campai.html The Electronic Frontier Foundation has scored a victory in its ongoing crusade to wrest information from telecoms about their involvement in the government's warrantless wiretapping program. On Thursday, a federal judge in San Francisco ordered the government to disclose lobbying... Kenneth Corbin 2009-09-25T18:14:04-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/kcorbin/2009/09/obama-names-ip-czar.html President Obama today announced his pick to oversee copyright enforcement, putting an end to a nearly year-long guessing game in the intellectual property community. Obama named Victoria Espinel, a lawyer and veteran Hill staffer with experience in the nonprofit and... Kenneth Corbin 2009-09-25T17:32:21-05:00