“Reveal Day” and new gTLD’s: a prelude to the changing face of the internet

By: Laura Levin-Dando About a year ago, ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, began accepting applications for new domain name suffixes, specifically generic top-level domains, or gTLD’s. At $185,000 per application, groups have applied to create new website suffixes beyond the standard “.com” or “.net”; some of the applications include “.design,” “.website,” […]

The Dish’s Hopper: customer choice or copyright infringement?

By: Laura Levin-Dando According to recent complaints filed by several major television networks, there may be a fine line between traditional time-shifting, digital video recording (DVR) technology and copyright infringement. NBC, Fox, and CBS each filed complaints in federal court in California on May 24, claiming that Dish Networks is violating copyright law in the […]

SoundCloudability

By Steven Masur (June 7, 2012) Why Should We Care About SoundCloud? SoundCloud is a glimpse at what the future of music looks like. Here’s why. You can do anything on SoundCloud, and SoundCloud can do anything. In order to get the full width and breadth of SoundCloud’s opportunity, you have to look at YouTube, […]

Encouraging entrepreneurship and economic development in the United States

By: Laura Levin-Dando On Tuesday, May 22, the Senate introduced a bipartisan bill, Startup Act 2.0. This bill, introduced by Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Chris Coons (D-Del.), aims to promote the growth of new businesses in the United States, along the same lines as the recent JOBS Act, […]

Is the end of ClearQAM near?

By: Gabriel Goldenberg Issue: Encrypting signals carried on basic service tier On October 20, 2011, the Federal Communications Commission solicited comments to a proposal to eliminate the basic service tier encryption prohibition for all-digital cable systems (http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view?id=7021738292). This proposal has created a debate that pits the Goliath cable service providers like Comcast and Time Warner […]

Should Mark Zuckerberg close his Facebook account in the wake of the Viacom v. YouTube decision?

By: Kristine Holm Last week, the Second Circuit handed down its long-awaited decision in the Viacom v. YouTube copyright litigation. Although those on each side of the argument claimed that the decision fell in their respective favor, the Court’s rulings in its complex, 39-page opinion did not provide a clear “win” for either the content […]