Rob Frieden, Pioneers Chair and Professor of Telecommunication and Law at Penn State University, discusses internet applications, content providers, and net neutrality. The discussion also turns to the history of telecom regulation, the Comcast/BitTorrent controversy, and the limits of the FCC’s regulatory authority.
Further Readings
- Why the FCC’s Proposed Openness Principles Cannot and Should Not Apply to Internet Application and Content Providers by Rob Frieden
- Net Neutrality at Wikipedia
- Comcast’s BitTorrent Controversy at Wikipedia
- BitTorrent at Wikipedia
- Broadband Adoption and Use in America and Broadband Service Capability Survey from the FCC (PDF)
- National Cable & Telecommunications Association v. Brand X Internet Services (the Brand X Case) at Wikipedia
- Preserving the Open Internet Notice of Proposed Rulemaking from the FCC (PDF)
- Communications Act of 1934 and Telecommunications Act of 1996 at Wikipedia
- DC Circuit not buying FCC’s claimed authority by Jerry Brito at SurprisinglyFree.com
- Section 230 at Wikipedia
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