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Congress Mandates FCC Spectrum Auctions

Kenneth Artz
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February 24, 2012
Congressional passage of a bill extending payroll-tax cuts and jobless benefits on February 17 included a mandate that the Federal Communications Commission conduct auctions of wireless spectrum fo

Michigan Gas Stations Introduce Drivers’ License Swipes for Cash Purchases

Kenneth Artz
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February 10, 2012
A Saginaw, Michigan business owner says requiring customers to swipe their drivers’ license when topping off their tanks could stop drive-offs—clients leaving gas stations without paying.

Commentary: Current Copyright Law Is Enough

Maureen Martin
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February 09, 2012
The sponsor of the Stop Online Piracy Act, Rep. Lamar Smith announced in late January he’s deferring action on the bill “until there is wider agreement on a solution.”

Consumer Electronics Future Bright—If Government Doesn’t Interfere

John Stephenson
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February 08, 2012
Every January, tens of thousands of technology industry leaders travel to Las Vegas for the International Consumer Electronics Show.

DoJ Opinion May Clear Way for Online Gambling

Tom Gantert
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February 07, 2012
States starved for revenue may have a new source of money after a U.S.

DHS Approves Government Collection of Social Media Info

Bruce Edward Walker
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February 06, 2012
The Department of Homeland Security granted written permission to its National Operations Center Media Monitoring Initiative to collect and retain data gathered from news anchors, journalists, repo

Commentary: A Call for a Radical New Communications Policy

Randolph J. May
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February 02, 2012
When Congress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the most significant change to the Communications Act since its adoption in 1934, many people thought the new statute meant there would be a

FCC: Comcast Discriminated Against Tennis Channel

Kenneth Artz
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February 01, 2012
The Federal Communication Commission has validated the Tennis Channel’s complaint that Comcast illegally granted preference to its own sports channels—Versus and Golf Channel—by placing them on bro

Seattle Sues to Suppress Dash-Cam Disclosure

Kenneth Artz
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January 31, 2012
The Seattle Police Department has an image problem: it doesn’t want you to see dash-cam videos of its officers behaving badly.

Open Range Bankruptcy Costs Taxpayers $73 million

Kyle McGrath
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January 30, 2012
Colorado’s Open Range Communications has joined Solyndra and Beacon Power Corp. as companies receiving enormous government loans only to wind up in bankruptcy court.
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