[RTC List] FCC reviews network control

[Sean McLaughlin]

*Three strikes on industry leaders for exercising undue control over our 
communications networks -
1.  AT&T censored streaming video content protesting U.S. policy on war; 
2.  Verizon blocked use of text messaging services for pro-choice 
advocacy group; 
3.  Comcast crippled ability of consumers to download files with 
BitTorrent - as proven by a test download of the Bible that was 
conducted by Associated Press.

On Monday, the FCC will convene a meeting that *will feature testimony 
from legal scholars, technology experts, entrepreneurs and industry 
representatives as part of the FCC's ongoing investigation into the 
blocking of legal content by Internet service providers.

Here are some details and a link to the notice and agenda:
*
**FCC BROADBAND EN BANC AGENDA*

[SOURCE: Federal Communications Commission]
The FCC's en banc on broadband network management practices will consist 
of two panels. The first on policy perspectives will consist of Marvin 
Ammori, General Counsel, Free Press; Yochai Benkler, Professor of Law, 
Harvard Law School; Faculty Co-Director, Berkman Center for Internet and 
Society at Harvard Law School; Daniel E. Bosley, State Representative, 
Massachusetts; David L. Cohen, Executive Vice President, Comcast 
Corporation; Tom Tauke, Executive Vice President - Public Affairs, 
Policy and Communications, Verizon Communications; Timothy Wu, Professor 
of Law, Columbia Law School; and Christopher S. Yoo, Professor of Law 
and Director, Center for Technology, Innovation, and Competition, 
University of Pennsylvania Law School. The second panel on technology 
perspectives will include Daniel Weitzner, Director, Massachusetts 
Institute of Technology Decentralized Information Group; Richard 
Bennett, Network Architect; David Clark, Senior Research Scientist, 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Computer Science and Artificial 
Intelligence Laboratory; Eric Klinker, Chief Technology Officer, 
BitTorrent; David P. Reed, Adjunct Professor, Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology Media Lab; and Scott Smyers, Senior Vice President, Network & 
Systems Architecture Division, Sony Electronics Inc.
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-280373A1.doc

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Sean McLaughlin
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