- Copyright Troll Appeals Courtroom Defeat
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 17, 2011
Copyright enforcement outfit Righthaven suffered a defeat in court last year wh ...
- House Votes 244-181 To Block Neutrality Rules
Raw, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 17, 2011
The House of Representatives voted on Thursday to prevent the Federal Communicatio ...
- GOP Rep Attacks FCC's Open Internet Stance
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Launching an attack on the FCC's open Internet order, a leading G ...
- Microsoft To Finally Let Companies Use Others' Trademarks As Search Triggers
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, February 16, 2011
In a major change in policy, Microsoft has decided to allow markete ...
- GOP Introduces Resolution To Block Neutrality Regs
Raw, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Republicans in the House and Senate introduced bills on Wednesday that wou ...
- Google Wants Case About Leaked Name Dismissed
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, February 14, 2011
Google is urging a federal court to dismiss a privacy lawsuit fil ...
- Franken Chairs New Senate Tech Subcommittee
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, February 14, 2011
Outspoken Net neutrality proponent Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) will lead a n ...
- MetroPCS Defends Giving Preference To YouTube
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Earlier this year MetroPCS rolled out controversial new pricing plans: a $60-a-mon ...
- Privacy 'Track' Bill Draws Key Support
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, February 11, 2011
Privacy advocates are cheering an online privacy bill unveiled on Friday th ...
- Online Furniture Store Tries To Squelch Negative Reviews
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Monday, February 14, 2011
Of all the various ill-advised attempts to control online word-of-mouth, the effor ...
- Franken To Chair New Senate Privacy Subcommittee
Raw, Wendy Davis - Monday, February 14, 2011
Outspoken net neutrality proponent Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) will lead a n ...
- New Microsoft Tool Blocks Behavioral Advertising
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 10, 2011
Moving forward with its own version of do-not-track, Microsoft is releasing ...
- California Court Rules ZIP Codes ARE Personal ID Info
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, February 11, 2011
When Jessica Pineda checked out via credit card at a Williams-Sonoma sto ...
- MPAA Charges Digital Storage Site With Encouraging Piracy
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, February 9, 2011
After successfully suing peer-to-peer companies like Napster, Grokster and IsoHunt, the entertainme ...
- Web Companies' Do-Not-Track Mechanisms Far From Foolproof
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 10, 2011
The Federal Trade Commission recently called on Web companies to create ...
- Rush Privacy Bill Reintroduced
Raw, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 10, 2011
Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) on Thursday reintroduced an online privacy bill th ...
- Do-Not-Track Bill Drops On Friday
Raw, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 10, 2011
Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) plans to introduce an online privacy bill th ...
- Lawmaker Readies Do-Not-Track Proposal
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 8, 2011
A new privacy bill that includes authorization for do-not-track regulations could ...
- North Carolina Agrees To Stop Asking For Names Of E-Commerce Purchasers
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, February 9, 2011
To resolve a privacy lawsuit brought by Amazon and the ACLU, t ...
- FCC Proposes Shifting Telephone Subsidies To Broadband
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, February 7, 2011
In hopes of expanding broadband availability to rural parts of the countr ...
- As Landline Use Wanes, FCC Moves Funds To Broadband
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 8, 2011
As expected, the Federal Communications Commission voted today to revise an ...
- Engineering Co. Seeks To Unmask Gossip Bloggers
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, February 4, 2011
In the latest case aimed at unmasking Web users, a company th ...
- Judge Hands Spokeo A Victory In Privacy Lawsuit
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Monday, February 7, 2011
Online data aggregator and broker Spokeo has come in for criticism ...
- Lawmakers Question Facebook About Plan To Share Users' Contact Info
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 3, 2011
Facebook recently sparked a wave of criticism when it announced in ...
- Verizon Wireless May Slow Service To Heavy Data Users
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 3, 2011
The same day that Verizon Wireless began taking orders for its mu ...
- EFF Warns That Open Internet Rules Could Backfire
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, February 4, 2011
The digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation is once again sounding t ...
- Verizon Won't Pick Judges In Internet Challenge
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Handing Verizon a minor setback, an appellate court on Tuesday rejected t ...
- Sports Sites Shut Down For Copyright Infringement Without Notice
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 3, 2011
Last October, a Spanish appellate court ruled that sports site Rojadirecta didn ...
- ISP-Based Targeting Company Argues For Tech-Neutral Rules
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 1, 2011
The start-up Kindsight, which plans to roll out a form of behavior ...
- Ad Nets Ignore Do-Not-Track At Their Own Peril
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, February 2, 2011
The prospect of an easy-to-use browser-based opt-out for behavioral advertising advanced th ...