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Reason October 2006 Jeff Jarvis	America Gives a Shit Was Bush's open-mic gaffe a flaming sack of good news for free speech?
InternetNews October 10, 2005 Roy Mark	FCC Launches Obscenity Info Site Agency launches web site to educate public about what is -- and is not -- obscene, indecent and profane material.
Reason September 2005	Soundbite: Spokesman for Speech An interview with attorney Floyd Abrams on important issues involving free expression in the United States.
InternetNews April 23, 2010	Net Neutrality Faces an Uphill Battle FCC Commissioner Michael Copps knows the recent federal appeals decision was a setback for proponents of net neutrality, but he has a plan to push it forward.
PC World July 17, 2002 Stephen Chiger	Telco Customer Data Goes Up for Grabs FCC's contentious ruling gives 'affiliated' parties default access to customer data, requires opt-in for others.
InternetNews November 17, 2005 Roy Mark	Abernathy Resigns From FCC Republican Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy's departure may leave Democrats temporarily in control as Senate considers Bush nominations to the Federal Communications Commission.
Salon.com June 13, 2001 Eric Boehlert	Slim Shady takes a hit from the FCC Citing new indecency guidelines, the commission fines a radio station for playing Eminem...
Reason November 2008 Jesse Walker	Beyond the Fairness Doctrine Barack Obama says he wouldn't reintroduce the Federal Communications Commission's most notorious speech-squashing regulation. But there are more mundane reasons to fear the next FCC.
InternetNews March 28, 2005 Roy Mark	Bells Freed From 'Naked' DSL The FCC decision pre-empts efforts by states to force regional carriers to offer 'naked' DSL (i.e. service without any bells and whistles like voice service).
InternetNews March 21, 2006 Roy Mark	Verizon's Broadband Regulatory Relief Verizon Communications scored a major victory Monday when a sharply divided Federal Communications Commission approved the telecom giant's petition to deregulate its commercial broadband lines.
InternetNews May 6, 2005 Roy Mark	Court Lowers Broadcast Flag Appeals panel rules FCC exceeded its authority in rules designed to limit DTV piracy over Internet.
InternetNews February 18, 2011	House Moves to Defund FCC Net Neutrality Rules Amid the broad, noisy debate over the continuing resolution to keep the government funded, the lower chamber approves an amendment to bar the FCC from implementing its open Internet order.
InternetNews September 18, 2009	FCC Chair Set for Net Neutrality Play In a speech scheduled for Monday, expect the FCC's Julius Genachowski to detail his broadband policy agenda.
InternetNews June 1, 2006 Roy Mark	Regulating The Internet Not So New Opponents to a law mandating network neutrality use it all the time, noting Americans should just say no to government regulation of the Internet.
InternetNews March 21, 2007 Roy Mark	VoIP Still on FCC's Open Road A federal appeals court upheld a 2004 FCC ruling that Voice over IP services are interstate in nature and not subject to state public utility regulation. The ruling gives the FCC the responsibility and obligation to decide which regulations apply to Internet telephony.
ifeminists February 18, 2004 Wendy McElroy	Censorship Is Not Solution for Trashy TV Janet Jackson's pop-up breast during SuperBowl halftime did not create the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2004. But it will propel passage of that Act, the consequences of which may be far worse than a bit of trashy exhibitionism on TV.
Information Today September 18, 2014	ALA and CDT Pen Missive on Net Neutrality The American Library Association and the Center for Democracy & Technology issued a letter to the Federal Communications Commission that advocates for strong, enforceable Net Neutrality
Reason October 2004 Jesse Walker	Your Records, Please The government wants stations to keep tapes of all their programs so regulators can check the record when someone files a complaint.
InternetNews December 30, 2010	Net Neutrality 2011: What Storms May Come The Federal Communications Commission passed the rules, but that's not going to be the last word. Where will the battle lines shape up in the new year and the new Congress?
InternetNews January 13, 2005 Roy Mark	Powell Questions States' VoIP Appeals Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell said today that states appealing the FCC's November decision ruling Voice over IP an interstate service "pretty much makes zero sense to me."
InternetNews August 8, 2005 Roy Mark	Wiretaps For VoIP The FCC gives broadband and VoIP providers 18 months to build in network wiretap accessibility.
InternetNews February 16, 2004 Roy Mark	FCC OKs Cingular To Buy NextWave Licenses Agency dismisses Nextel's complaint that deal is unfair to taxpayers.
Reason July 2007 Nick Gillespie	Rant: The FCC's Not Our Mommy or Daddy Let parents be parents when it comes to TV violence.
InternetNews March 29, 2005 Roy Mark	Supreme Court Questions FCC Cable Modem Regs Cable industry, FCC tell high court it's lawful to deny ISPs access to cable broadband lines.
InternetNews April 1, 2004 Roy Mark	Court Refuses to Review FCC Modem Rule Ninth Circuit upholds decision saying cable broadband is subject to common carrier rules.
Reason March 2005 Jacob Sullum	Letting Brokers Speak Real estate and free speech: a federal judge overturned a California law requiring any business that earns money by listing homes for sale to obtain a real estate broker's license---unless the business happens to be a newspaper.
The Motley Fool June 25, 2010 Andrew Bond	Opinions Differ on the Financial Overhaul Was the financial regulation bill harsh enough?
Reason October 2004 Julian Sanchez	Data: Second-Guessing the First Amendment Surveys show Americans seem to be more fond of free speech in the abstract than in specific instances.
InternetNews November 3, 2004 Roy Mark	FCC to Decide VoIP Fate Next Week The Federal Communications Commission announced Tuesday it would rule Nov. 9 on whether Internet telephony is an interstate service and exempt from state and local regulation and tariffs.
Reason June 2004 Matt Welch	Fair-Weather Friends When American journalists desert from free speech battles.
InternetNews November 10, 2004 Roy Mark	Congress Praises FCC VoIP Ruling Both sides of the Voice over IP divide weighed in on yesterday's Federal Communications Commission ruling that stipulates the interstate nature of VoIP services.
Reason July 2008 Jacob Sullum	No Shit The U.S. Supreme Court agrees to review the FCC's policy regarding dirty words on the air, which a federal appeals court has deemed "arbitrary and capricious."
The Motley Fool January 27, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Can You Say That on TV? Congressional leaders ponder the future of bad words on the air.
InternetNews March 3, 2004 Roy Mark	Court Order Doesn't Alter FCC High-Speed Rules While stirring up a controversy over discount line pricing for long distance carriers, court upholds FCC broadband regulations.
InternetNews June 9, 2010	FCC's Michael Copps Pushes Broadband Plan In a speech at Stanford University, the FCC commissioner explains why he thinks the country needs to implement a national broadband strategy.
InternetNews November 17, 2004 Roy Mark	Adelstein Gets The Nod for Another FCC Term President Bush nominated Democrat Jonathan Adelstein Tuesday for a new five-year term on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee plans a Thursday confirmation hearing on the nomination.
InternetNews November 3, 2006 Roy Mark	Net Neut. Delays AT&T-BellSouth Vote Again FCC remains deadlocked over attaching additional network neutrality conditions to deal.
InternetNews March 15, 2004 Roy Mark	FCC Seeking 'Pragmatic' VoIP Solutions Telecom lawyer says agency asking the right questions about the regulation of Internet telephony.
InternetNews August 5, 2005 Roy Mark	Bells Free From DSL Obligations In a significant policy victory for the incumbent carriers, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) unanimously voted today to eliminate DSL line-sharing rules. The FCC imposes a one-year transition period for ISPs to renegotiate.
InternetNews August 30, 2004 Roy Mark	FCC Sends Cable Dispute to Supreme Court Agency wants high court to overturn decision forcing cable companies to share high-speed lines with other ISPs.
PHONE+ September 28, 2009 Kelly M. Teal	Net Neutrality: Industry Reactions to New FCC Push FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski wants to make net neutrality law and, as the discussion over an open Internet attracts strong reactions, AT&T Inc. and Google Inc. are adding fuel to the fire.
InternetNews February 25, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Lawmaker Planning Mobile Content Restrictions Renewed push to impose content restrictions to protect kids from indecent material online comes from surge in mobile devices, promises to revisit old issues.
PHONE+ March 23, 2010 Kelly M. Teal	Analysis: What the FCC Left Out of National Broadband In all 376 pages of its national broadband plan, the FCC omitted one topic considered ripe for inclusion: net neutrality.
InternetNews October 25, 2005 Roy Mark	VoIP Wiretap Order Heads to Court Civil liberties, privacy and high-tech industry advocates went to court today to block the Federal Communications Commission's pending rule to impose wiretapping standards on Voice over IP systems.
BusinessWeek January 21, 2010 Tom Lowry	The FCC's Genachowski: On a Broadband Crusade The commissioner, a Friend of Obama, is charged with bringing the U.S. Internet, a longtime laggard, up to speed.
InternetNews January 11, 2007 Roy Mark	FCC Pushes for Competitive Set-Top Market The Federal Communications Commission denies Comcast request for delay in separating security features from set-top digital receivers.
InternetNews January 18, 2006 Roy Mark	FCC Probing Phone Record Brokers The Federal Communications Commission is going after online data brokers hawking private wireless and wireline telephone records.
InternetNews September 14, 2007 Caron Carlson	Verizon Lawsuit Muddies Spectrum Auction Plan Verizon filed a lawsuit this week with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit asking the court to review the FCC's "open access" rules.
Home Theater September 1, 2009 Mark Fleischmann	Court Knocks FCC Cable Limit Until recently, no single cable operator was allowed to dominate more than 30 percent of the U.S. market. But a court has thrown out the Federal Communications Commission's market cap, eliminating a rule that's been the law of the land since 1992.
InternetNews May 6, 2005 Roy Mark	FCC Rejects SBC's VoIP Bid Agency rules its broader IP review pre-empts SBC's petition to free broadband networks from legacy telecom regulations.