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Senator to ISPs: "Think twice" about 'Net neutrality... or else
From Ars Technica: Pledging to use "every ounce of my energy to protect network neutrality," Wyden had a message for ISPs who might be pondering new charges for various forms of access: "think twice." If ISPs start down that road, they might soon find that they lose key legal protections... Read more...
Published 5 days ago

Sprint's WiMax -- Will Google Transform Big Cable/Telco or Become Them?
Harold Feld of the Media Access Project has a terrific analysis of the potentially transforming announcement by Sprint and ClearWire of their wireless broadband joint venture with Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Google, and others. ...after seeing Google break my poor little heart in the 700 MHz... Read more...
Published 5 days ago

House Addresses Net Neutrality
Variety report on the Tuesday hearing held by the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet on a proposed bipartisan bill intended to ensure open access to the Web: "Hannah Montana" exec producer Steve Peterman, speaking on behalf of the Writers Guild of America West, described... Read more...
Published 6 days ago

Creative Voices Seek FCC Carve-Out for Indie Productions
In the FCC's proceeding on "Localism," Creative Voices and a broad coalition of public interest groups asked the FCC to promote creativity, diversity, originality, and just plain better TV by changing its rules to allow independent producers not affiliated with the broadcast networks -- like the... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago

Hollywood taking sides in network neutrality debate
The LA Times has some good quotes in its story on Net Neutrality: "If the outcome is the studios will have preferred access for delivering content because of a deal they would get with the [Internet service providers], I think that would be a really bad thing for the industry," said Gilles... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago

MPAA, RIAA going steady with ISPs
Looks like our prediction in our recent HuffPo post was spot-on that Big Media has made its deal with broadband ISPs to exempt its content from the ISPs' discrimination and degradation on the Internet in exchange for supporting the ISPs against net neutrality rules. Variety reports that at an... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago

Senate Panel To FCC: Take Your "Deregulation" and Shove It
The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee approved a rarely used "Resolution of Disapproval" that would roll back the FCC's latest attempt to permit even more media consolidation and concentration. A similar resolution has been introduced in the House. But to become effective, the... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago

Writers, Actors Support Net Neutrality at Senate Hearing
In testimony before the Senate Commerce Committee on Tuesday, Writers Guild of America West topper Patric Verrone and thesp Justine Bateman described the Internet as the only remaining open market for truly independent creators. Both emphasized the need for Net neutrality -- the notion that... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago

Creative Voices' 1Q 2008 Update
Check out our latest newsletter. We report on our indecency case going to the Supreme Court, the fight against media consolidation, and our work on Internet Freedom and Net Neutrality. Link: Center for Creative Voices in Media: News. Read more...
Published 4 weeks ago

Tim Robbins' Brilliant Keynote at NAB
At times hilarious and profane, at others serious and insightful, Tim Robbins' keynote speech to the NAB is a must listen, available here. As Variety reported: The fun started to get uncomfortable when Robbins referred to both the Reagan and Clinton administrations having eased limitations on... Read more...
Published 4 weeks ago

"Fair Market Value" Bill makes it to CA Senate
A bill aimed at regulating self-dealing transactions among the majors cleared its first hurdle in the California state Senate with its passage Tuesday by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The "Fair Market Value" bill, sponsored by Sen. Sheila Kuehl (D-Los Angeles) and supported by WGA, passed the... Read more...
Published 1 month ago

Will Anti-Net Neutrality Flack Mike McCurry Testify For Consumers Against Comcast?
From our latest on Huffington Post and SaveTheInternet.com: Will Mike McCurry be called as a witness for consumers in their class action lawsuit against Comcast for blocking and degrading its broadband customers' access to legal Internet content downloaded via BitTorrent? Here's why I... Read more...
Published 1 month ago