Federal Communications Law Journal articles from March 2002

Federal Communications Law Journal archives from March 2002

My view from the doorstep of FCC change.
March 1, 2002... I. INTRODUCTION As a new commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC" or "the Commission"), I have developed five key principles that inform my regulatory philosophy and that will serve as guideposts during my tenure at the...

A common carrier approach to Internet interconnection.
March 1, 2002... I. INTRODUCTION The Internet is rife with disputes over interconnection. These disputes take many forms, ranging from complaints over unfair peering policies by "backbones," to assertions that instant messaging is being monopolized, to...

Detariffing and the death of the filed tariff doctrine: deregulating in the "self" interest.
March 1, 2002... I. INTRODUCTION After nearly two decades (1) and several trips to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ("D.C. Circuit Court"), (2) the Federal Communications Commission's wish to rid itself of the burden of...

Smut on the small screen: the future of cable-based adult entertainment following United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group.
March 1, 2002... I. INTRODUCTION On May 22, 2000, the Supreme Court narrowly affirmed a decision of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, holding that section 505 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 violates the First Amendment....

The defamation of choice-of-law in cyberspace: countering the view that the restatement (second) of conflict of laws is inadequate to navigate the borderless reaches of the intangible frontier.
March 1, 2002... So she sat on, with closed eyes, and half believed herself in Wonderland, though she knew she had but to open them again and all would change to dull reality.... --Lewis Carroll (1) I. INTRODUCTION: THE DEFAMATION OF THE RESTATEMENT...

Indecent exposures in an electronic regime.
March 1, 2002... I. INTRODUCTION "The privacy that any computer user would and should and is justified in expecting is illusory; Big Brother shrunk to a miniature cyber spy always looms and never sleeps." (1) This is because an Internet user's online...

FCC Lobbying: A Handbook of Insider Tips and Practical Advice.
March 1, 2002... FCC Lobbying: A Handbook of Insider Tips and Practical Advice, Erwin G. Krasnow, David R. Siddall, and Michael D. Berg, Washington: Telecommunications Reports International, 2001, 225 pages. This handbook is exactly what the well-heeled...