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FCC May Grant Waivers for Public Broadcasting Third-Party Funding

Alyssa Carducci
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June 11, 2012
The Federal Communications Commission has announced the agency may liberalize its rules prohibiting noncommercial broadcasters from raising funds for an entity other than the station itself if the

AT&T Shareholders Will Vote on Wireless Net Neutrality in 2013

Phil Britt
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June 08, 2012
A tiny percentage of AT&T shareholders has succeeded in placing on next year’s annual shareholder’s ballot a corporate policy position on wireless network neutrality.

FCC Issues Narrowbanding Deadline Waiver

Phil Britt
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June 07, 2012
Public-safety radio networks operating on the T-Band will not be subject to the narrowbanding deadline scheduled for the end of this year, the Federal Communications Commission stated in a public n

Seattle Pulls Plug on Muni Wi-Fi

Phil Britt
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June 06, 2012
Seattle, Washington has ended its municipal wi-fi experiment after seven years of trying to make free broadband work, discontinuing its wi-fi service April 29.

The Strange Persistence of Net Neutrality

John Stephenson
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June 05, 2012
Eduardo Porter’s May 8, 2012 article for the New York Times, “Keeping the Internet Neutral,” got a lot of people in the communications policy community talking.

ACLU Wins Legal Victory Against Border-Agent Laptop Seizures

Alyssa Carducci
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June 01, 2012
A Massachusetts federal judge denied a motion by the government to dismiss a complaint filed on behalf of the organization created to raise legal funds for a soldier accused of leaking information

Michigan AG Shuts Down Internet Gambling Cafes

Tom Gantert
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May 31, 2012
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette reached an agreement in May with eight Internet Sweepstakes Cafes to shut them down.

SCOTUS Punts, Illegal Downloader on Hook for $675K Jury Award

Alyssa Carducci
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May 30, 2012
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review the case of a Boston University student who was ordered to pay $675,000 for illegally downloading 30 songs.

FCC Rules Against Comcast in Bloomberg Dispute

Phil Britt
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May 29, 2012
The Federal Communications Commission ruled in Bloomberg TV's favor in a dispute with Comcast, saying the cable provider must provide the business news network with more desirable channel positions

Employer Requests for Passwords on the Rise

Kenneth Artz
Tom Gantert
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May 11, 2012
Robert Collins, a 30-year-old college student, applied for a job with the state of Maryland in 2010 and was asked for his Facebook password during an interview.
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