Federal Communications Law Journal articles from March 2005

Federal Communications Law Journal archives from March 2005

Communications policy for the next four years.
March 1, 2005... I. ENSURING INFORMATION SECURITY IN A DIGITAL WORLD II. SPIES AMONG US III. NEXT-GENERATION E-911 IV. SPAM V. TV RATINGS FAIRNESS VI. ICANN REFORM VII. DIGITAL DEMOCRACY VIII. BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT IX. UNIVERSAL...

The 2005 communications act of unintended consequences.
March 1, 2005... Communications policy has been a parade of grand themes. At the start of the last century, universal affordable service by AT&T, the dominant provider, became the overriding theme in telephony. It led eventually to the demise of competition...

Convergence and competition - at last.
March 1, 2005... Nearly nine years after enactment of the 1996 Telecommunications Act and thirteen years after the 1992 Cable Act, the convergence set in motion by these landmark statutes is beginning to materialize. Intermodal competitors are entering each...

Universal service: problems, solutions, and responsive policies.
March 1, 2005... I. THE IMPORTANCE OF UNIVERSAL SERVICE II. PROBLEMS WITH UNIVERSAL SERVICE III. PROBEMATIC POLICIES IV. PROPOSED SOLUTIONS V. FORBEARANCE, COMPETITION, INFORMATION SERVICES AND ARBITRAGE VI. EQUITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM...

Time for change on media cross-ownership regulation.
March 1, 2005... I. INTRODUCTION II. THE REVISED CROSS-MEDIA RULES III. TODAY'S MEDIA MARKETPLACE IV. A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD V. PUBLIC INTEREST BENEFITS VI. THE THIRD CIRCUIT'S DECISION VII. STEPS FOR THE NEW ADMINISTRATION I. INTRODUCTION...

The broadcast flag: it's not just TV.
March 1, 2005... I am not much of a TV person. My only set, non-HD, still picks up its channels through rabbit ears. The broadcast flag still gets me steamed, though, so much so that I recently built a high-definition digital video recorder just to beat the...

Four more years ... of the status quo? How simple principles can lead us out of the regulatory wilderness.
March 1, 2005... I. INTRODUCTION II. REGULATORY CLASSIFICATIONS III. JURISDICTIONAL MATTERS IV. AGENCY POWER V. CONCLUSION: ENDING THE "CHICKEN LITTLE COMPLEX" I. INTRODUCTION As the Bush Administration begins its second term, the...

My beef with big media: how government protects big media - and shuts out upstarts like me.
March 1, 2005... I. THE BIG SQUEEZE II. SUPERSIZING NETWORKS III. TRIPLE BLIGHT A. Loss of quality B. Loss of localism C. Loss of democratic debate IV. INDEPENDENTS' DAY In the late 1960s, when Turner Communications was a...

Recent developments in program content regulation.
March 1, 2005... I. THE DEREGULATORY TREND THAT BEGAN IN THE 1970S II. 2004: STRENGTHENING OF RULES GOVERNING INDECENCY AND CHILDREN'S TV A. Indecency B. Children's Television on Digital Television III. ADDITIONAL CONTENT-BASED...

The contrasting policies of the FCC and FERC regarding the importance of open transmission networks in downstream competitive markets.(Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
March 1, 2005... I. BACKGROUND A. FERC's Historical Resistance to Competition and Court Mandates B. Origins and Evolution of FERC's Policies Regarding Access to Gas Pipelines and Electric Transmission 1. The...

Broadcast flags and the war against digital television piracy: a solution or dilemma for the digital era?
March 1, 2005... I. INTRODUCTION II. THE MECHANICS OF THE SOLUTION A. The ATSC Flag B. The Flag's Technical Strengths and Vulnerabilities 1. Strengths of the Flag 2. Weaknesses of the Flag III. COMMISSION AUTHORITY...

Signor Marconi's Magic Box: The Most Remarkable Invention of the 19th Century and the Amateur Inventor Whose Genius Sparked a Revolution.(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... Signor Marconi's Magic Box: The Most Remarkable Invention of the 19th Century & the Amateur Inventor Whose Genius Sparked a Revolution, Gavin Weightman, Cambridge, Mass.: Da Capo Press, 2003, 312 pages. "For all I know the basic assumption...