I’m a fan of the concept behind the FCC’s National Broadband Policy. I’ve been of the position for a long time that the internet is a stable utility and like phone, electricity and water, it should be available to everyone. So there is no question we need to roll out broadband internet to everyone. The…
Monthly Archives: March 2010
A Quick Thought on the Viacom/Youtube Lawsuit Disclosures
Today a bunch of the filings from the Viacom/Google/Youtube lawsuit were made public today. Here is a techcrunch link to all the goodies if you would like to read them. Lots of folks have commented about the comments and responses from both the Google and Viacom sides. Each basically said the other side was wrong….
Don’t Waste the Internet on TV – Protect the Future of the Internet
I had a very enjoyable debate with Avner Rosen of Boxee yesterday at SXSW. We tended to go around in circles defending our positions. His (to paraphase): the internet will do what cable and satellite do, but it will do it better. That MicroSoft and Apple among others will in the future come up with…

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