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Linkpost | 12.24.2008
TechBlog —
... December 24, 2008 Linkpost | 12.24.2008 • Reboot the FCC - Lawrence Lessig argues big changes are needed at the FCC to protect innovation. • ...
Eliminate the FCC?
Open Source —
Stanford law professor Larry Lessig, father of the Creative Commons license and author of the classic Code is Law, has a modest proposal to help open source and open spectrum make progress in the Obama Administration.
Abolish the FCC.
Newsweek’s headline writers call it a “reboot” but Lessig is clear.
You can’t fix DNA. You have to bury it. President Obama should get Congress to shut down the FCC and similar vestigial regulators, which put stability and special interests above the ...
Lessig on Building a Better Bureaucrat
Technology Liberation Front —
Before commenting on Lawrence Lessig’s latest call to abolish the Federal Communications Commission (he issued a similar call for the FCC’s abolition earlier this year, which I commented on here), let’s recall what Tim Lee posted yesterday about “Real Regulators“:
Too many advocates of regulation seem to have never considered the possibility that the FCC bureaucrats in charge of making these decisions at any point in time might be lazy, incompetent, technically confused, or biased in favor of industry ...
Lessig on Building a Better Bureaucrat
The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog —
Before commenting on Lawrence Lessig's latest call to abolish the Federal Communications Commission (he issued a similar call for the FCC's abolition earlier this year, which I commented on here), let's recall what Tim Lee posted yesterday about "Real Regulators":
Too many advocates of regulation seem to have never considered the possibility that the FCC bureaucrats in charge of making these decisions at any point in time might be lazy, incompetent, technically confused, or biased in favor of industry incumbents. That's often what "real ...
Roundup: Dell underperformance, Tesla’s tough times, FCC blues and more
VentureBeat —
... Bureaucrats choke the internet — It’s time to dismantle the Federal Communications Commission, argues noted lawyer Lawrence Lessig in Newsweek, before its bureaucratic inefficiencies strangle the internet. ...
Abolish the FCC
disco-tech | Discovery Institute's Technology Blog —
... The idea of abolishing the Federal Communications Commission used to be a right-wing fantasy. But now Stanford Law Professor Larry Lessig is on board. ...
Abolish the FCC
Technology Liberation Front —
Regarding Stanford Law Professor Larry Lessig’s proposal to abolish the Federal Communications Commission: Adam covered the main points here and I’d like to cover a couple minor points.
The idea of abolishing the FCC used to be a right-wing fantasy. But now Silicon Valley-booster Lessig is on board.
With so much in its reach, the FCC has become the target of enormous campaigns for influence. Its commissioners are meant to be “expert” and “independent,” but they’ve never really been expert, and are now ...
