Bridge Span 14-16: “Where to Watch” Piracy Decrease

The Internet ecosystem just added a new tool to preserve the property of rights holders even while encouraging greater use of broadband. The Motion Picture Association has announced the launch of a new search engine called WheretoWatch.com.

As Variety has reported, “MPAA — upping efforts to help consumers find legal sources of content instead of […]

November 17th, 2014 | Category: Intellectual property, Technology | One comment - (Comments are closed)

Bridge Span 14-15: Empower the People or Empower Bureaucrats? – Two Internet Votes

Pundits largely agree that those who cast ballots last week had more or less one idea in mind – Washington is broken and must be fixed. So imagine the surprise that online customers will receive when Senators Reid and Durbin lead the just voted out Senate to massively expand government power in their last few […]

November 17th, 2014 | Category: Cable, Communications policy, Tax, Technology, Wireless | Comments are closed

Bridge Span 14-14: Municipalities GON Wild!

Recently two towns, Chattanooga, Tennessee, and the City of Wilson, North Carolina, have petitioned the federal government, via the FCC, complaining that state laws are constraining them from the municipal provision of broadband services, that is, from building a government owned network (GON). That is, these municipalities want to expend resources to build and operate […]

October 3rd, 2014 | Category: Cable, Communications policy, Technology, Wireless | Comments are closed
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