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The FCC's Privacy Proposal Would Still Harm Consumers
The FCC's Regulatory Barrage Imperils Broadband's Future
Thinking Things Through VII - Let the Public Comment
FSF's Randolph May's Response to FCC's Navigation Device Mandate
Thinking Things Through VI - #UnlocktheWordProcessors
Thinking Things Through V - The FCC, Copyrights, and Compulsion
FCC Chairman Tilts the Seesaw Toward Regulation
FSF Comments - Status of Competition in Market for Delivery of Video Programing
FSF's Reply Comments - Deployment of Broadband to All Americans
Constitution Day at the FCC 2016
FSF's May Opposes FCC's Latest Video Navigation Proposal
Thinking Things Through IV: Competition and Regulation
Labor Day 2016
The FCC's Internet Access Report Ignores Broadband Market Realities
Rescuing Broadband from Government Interference
Copyright Problems Put FCC's Set-top Box Proposal Beyond Repair
Can a Single Building Really Be Its Own BDS Market?
FSF's Randolph May Reacts to Sixth Circuit's Muni Broadband Decision
FSF Reply Comments - Don't Regulate Business Data Services
Terminate the FCC's "Enable Copyright Violations" Proposal
FCC Actions Exacerbate Decline in Business Investment
FCC Privacy Rules Would Harm Consumers by Creating Barriers for ISP Advertising
Summer Reading: "Our Republican Constitution"
Liberty of Contract and the Free Market Foundations of Intellectual Property
Letter to BEREC re Free Data or Zero-Rated Plans
Notes for NARUC
Copyright Updates Needed to Fix Music Market Distortions
The FCC's Special Access Proposal Is Infected With Special Pleading
Our Divisive Times: What Would Madison Say?
The FCC Is Poised to Achieve a Major Milestone Advancing 5G Wireless Services
FCC's Vague "General Conduct" Standard Deserves Closer Legal Scrutiny
Independence Day 2016
FSF Comments Oppose Regulating Business Broadband Rates
Is the Open Internet Order an "Economics-Free Zone"?
Net Neutrality's Path to Supreme Court: Chevron and "Major Questions" Exception
Music MegaStars Sing the Right Note on Copyright Reform
FCC Should Maintain Safeguards to Curtail Spending for Risky USF Experiments
With Last-Minute Regulations, FCC Has Its Eye on the Clock
FSF Scholars React to the D.C. Circuit's Decision on the Open Internet Order
FSF's May Reacts to D.C. Circuit's Net Neutrality Decision
The FCC Cannot Proceed in the BDS Proceeding with a Flawed Analysis
A Fireside Chat with the FCC Commissioners -- FSF 2016 Annual Conference
FSF's Comments in the FCC's Privacy Proceeding
Memorial Day 2016
FSF's May and Cooper on Rule of Law in Federalist Society Review
FSF's Reply Comments to FCC's Set-Top Box Proposal
Video Report Data Undermine the FCC's Rationale for New Device Regulation
It's Time for U.S. Leadership Regarding Zero-Rating and Similar Programs
Transcript - Glenn Lurie, President & CEO, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Operations
Zero-Rating Promotes Upward Mobility for Minority and Low-Income Consumers
Copyright "Notice and Takedown" System Needs Fixing
The FCC and the Rule of Law Conference Panel Transcript
Hot Topics Conference Panel Transcript
FSF's Comments Oppose to FCC's Set-Top Box Proposal
Sen. Testimony "The Administrative State: An Examination of Federal Rulemaking"
The Public Contract Basis of Intellectual Property Rights
FSF's Randolph May Reacts to White House on STB Regulation
Regarding FCC Internet Regulation, Watch What We Do
FCC's Privacy Regulation Bureaucratic Overreach
Last FSF Conference Videos -- The FCC and the Rule of Law Panel and Glenn Lurie
FSF Conference Videos -- Comm. Ohlhausen and Hot-Topic Panel
First Conference Videos Are Now Available
Blackburn, Clyburn, O'Rielly, Ohlhausen Lead FSF Conference Lineup
Any Volunteers? - Part XX
Powell, Baker, McCormick on FCC "Hot Topics" Panel
The FCC's Flawed Understanding of Competition
Agenda Released! Register Now for FSF's Annual Telecom Conference
AT&T's Glenn Lurie to Deliver Closing Keynote at FSF's 3/23 Conference
FCC Should Resist Regulatory Conditions Unrelated to Charter Merger
Blackburn, Clyburn, O'Rielly, Sallet, Verveer Lead FSF Conference Lineup
Please Focus on Modernizing the Copyright Office
Facts & Figures Regarding Maryland's Tax Rates
Commissioners in Fireside Chat - FSF's Eighth Annual Telecom Conference
Copyright Problems Plague FCC's Proposed Video Device Regulations
The MOBILE NOW Act: An Important Step Forward
Rep Blackburn Keynote - FSF's Eighth Annual Telecom Policy Conference
FCC's Cognitive Dissonance Leads to Regulatory Policy Run Amok
George Washington: Indispensable to Intellectual Property Rights in America
U.S. Leads the Way with Strong Protections of IP Rights
Media Advisory -- Privacy Regulations of Internet Serivces Should Be Uniform
The FCC's Previous Failures Regulating Video Devices Shows Folly of New Rules
Speakers - FSF's Eighth Annual Telecom Policy Conference - March 23, 2016
Sen. Rubio's FSF Fifth Annual Conference Address
FCC's 'Permission-Denied' Policy for Video Devices Is Wrong
Registration now open for FSF's Eighth Annual Telecom Conference
Protecting Global IP Rights Is an Economic Imperative
Media Advisory --FCC Should Not Regulate Video Navigation Devices
Internet Freedom That Isn't
Maryland Has the 7th Highest State and Local Tax Burden
Wireless Report Data Undermine the FCC's Rationale for Regulation
Achieving Efficient Government and Regulatory Reform in Maryland
Mark your Calendar for FSF's Eighth Annual Telecom Conference
Mobile Broadband Is a Substitute for Fixed Broadband
The Logic of International Intellectual Property Protection
Deemed Granted: What's Good for the Goose is Good for the (FCC) Gander
A New Year's Wish for the FCC for 2016: Exhibit More Regulatory Modesty!
Usage-Based Pricing, Zero Rating, and the Future of Broadband Innovation
The Admin Process, the Leg and Exec Branches, NN, and Disclosure; and Response
FCC Hits Consumers With New Year's USF Tax Hike
Free State Foundation Holiday Greeting 2015
FCC Reply Comments Regarding Twilio's Petition Re Mobile Messaging Services
Regulatory Uncertainty Harms Broadband Investment and the Economy
Mark your calendar for FSF annual conference March 2016
Transcript Released! - "The Constitutional Foundations of Intellectual Property"
Infographic previewing FCC's Dec. 4 Open Internet Order case
Oyez! Oyez! Oyez!: The Court Hears the Open Internet Case
#GivingTuesday @fsfthinktank
The FCC, Still Lawless
Maryland Needs to Improve Its Business Tax Climate Ranking
Net Neutrality, Administrative Procedure, and Presidential Overreach
Save the Date March 2016
Remove Barriers, Reallocate Spectrum, and Benefit Consumers and the Economy
The Spectrum Pipeline for 5G Needs to Be Accelerated
The Great Digital Broadband Migration - and Communications Policy Today
It's No Longer Popcorn Time
FCC Must Transition Away From Roadblocks to All-IP Networks
Video Released! FSF IP Book Seminar
Municipal Broadband Networks in Court
Last chance to register for FSF's book event on Monday - Register Now!
FCC's Internet Data Privacy Power Grab Unsupported by Law
FSF Book Event Next Monday - Register Now!
Less than a week away - Register Now!
Zero-Rating Is Not a Human Rights Violation
May & Cooper Discuss Constitutional Foundations of IP-1
Comments - Proposed Charter/TWC/BHN Merger
May & Cooper Discuss Constitutional Foundations of IP
Registration Now Open -The Constitutional Foundations of IP
Comments to FCC - DSTAC
Save the Date: Luncheon-The Constitutional Foundations of Intellectual Property
Sprint's Spectrum Spectacle
Reforming Maryland Business Licensing Regime
The Constitutional Foundations of Intellectual Property - Washington Examiner
The Crucial Spectrum Mission Is Far From Accomplished
A Special Invitation for SPN Attendees 1
FCC GON Wild
A Special Invitation for SPN Attendees
A Most Shocking Display of Regulatory Overreach
Appreciating Intellectual Property Rights on Constitution Day
Comments to FCC - Section 706 Inquiry
All the Investment We Cannot See
New Book Released! The Constitutional Foundations of IP
Lincoln, Labor and Intellectual Property Rights
We Told You So: Title II Regulation Harms Investment
Why Intellectual Property Rights Matter
Transcript Released! "Implementing Real Regulatory Reform at the FCC"
FCC Should Finally Sunset Its VCR-Era Video Device Regulations
Bill Maher Does Not Understand the Sharing Economy
Maryland Needs to Improve Its Regulatory Climate - Part 2
Comments - Competitive Market Conditions in Delivery of Video Programming
Charter-Time Warner Cable Merger Promises Consumer Benefits
Challenging the FCC's Unlawful Open Internet Order
Message to Google: Don't Be Inconsistent - Part II
The FCC Flouts the Rule of Law
Pre-1972 Sound Recordings Bill Consistent with the Constitution's Intent
Avoiding a Train Wreck: Giving Government a Market Incentive to Vacate Spectrum
Why Process Matters - Part II
Maryland's Occupational Licensing Regime Hurts the Poor
Five Flaws with the FCC's Push for Video Device Controls
The Future of Spectrum Policy
Why Process Matters
Interested in FCC Regulatory Reform? Don't Miss Commissioner O'Rielly's Keynote
The IP Transition: Focus on Consumers
Panelists Named for FSF's July 28 Program on FCC Regulatory Reform
Maryland's Small Business Regulatory Climate Ranks Poorly
FCC Commissioner Michael O'Rielly Delivers Keynote on FCC Process Reform
Message to Google: Don't Be Inconsistent
Multilateral Trade Agreements Facilitate Global IP Protections
Maryland Needs to Improve Its Regulatory Climate
Keeping Up with the Market: The Urgent Need for More Spectrum
Maryland Needs to Improve Its Fiscal Health
Chevron's Deference Domain May Be Shrinking!
Eight Takeaways From the FTC's Sharing Economy Workshop
Independence Day 2015
Comments to FCC on Competitive Market Conditions with Respect to Mobile Wireless
FCC Should Be Clear and Consistent on Effective Competition in Wireless Market
Designating Designated Entities for Reform
Dealing Effectively With Effective Competition
Randolph May Supports Lifeline Reform Measures
Why Were the U.S. and Canada AWS-3 Auction Results So Different?
Comments Submitted to the Federal Trade Commission Concerning "Sharing Economy"
Charter-Time Warner Cable-Brighthouse Transaction
An Affront to Federalism
Memorial Day 2015
Regulating Interconnection (Lightly!)
Press Release: FSF's President May Urges FCC Transparency Reforms at Hearing
FCC Shouldn't Push Video Device and Content Controls on Advisory Committee
Transcript Released! Panel II - FSF's Seventh Annual Telecom Policy Conference
Why Chevron Deference May Not Save the FCC's Open Internet Order - Part II
Transcript Released - FSF's Seventh Annual Telecom Policy Conference
Could the FCC Be Listening to the Market Talk?
Why Chevron Deference May Not Save the FCC's Open Internet Order - Part I
The Research is Clear: The U.S. Invests More in Broadband Than Europe
Is FCC Chairman Considering Going After Google?
Sound Recordings Copyright Bill Would Better Secure Rights, Reduce Inequities
Protecting Copyright: Securing Rights and Improving the Copyright Office
Study Finds Low-Income Persons Gain Most from "Sharing Economy" Markets
FCC Should Adopt the Deregulatory Proposal for Local Cable Rates
Don't Force-Fit Outdated Cable Regulations onto Internet Video Services
Two Additional Panels - FSF Seventh Annual Telecom Policy Conf. Videos Released
Watch What We Do, Not What We Say
Regulating Net Neutrality: Who Will the FCC Really "Protect"?
FCC Commissioners - FSF Seventh Annual Telecom Policy Conf. Video Released
Roadie May Be a Beneficial Sharing Economy Service
FSF Seventh Annual Telecom Policy Conf. Videos Released -- Walden and Scalise!
Crediting State Common Law's Role in Protecting Intellectual Property Rights
The Future of the Internet - FSF's Seventh Annual Conference1
The FCC and the Future of the Internet
The Future of the Internet - FSF's Seventh Annual Conference
Press Release: FCC's Title II Utility Regulation Straight Jacket
A Response: Towards a Real Pro-Innovation, Pro-Creator, Pro-Consumer Copyright A
Don't Miss the Conversation with Steve Scalise - FSF's March 19 Co
Congress Reintroduces a Market-Based Reform for Songwriter Copyright
Walden, Scalise, Johnson, Clyburn, Pai, and O'Rielly - FSF's March 19 Conference
Are Industrial Policy Failures Looming in the Incentive Auction?
FCC Commissioners Clyburn, Pai, and O'Rieely - FSF's March 19 Conference
Netflix to Wheeler: "We Were Only Kidding!"
Walden, Scalise, Johnson Keynote - FSF's March 19 Conference
Press Release: FCC's Title II Utility Regulation Decision
Title II Reclassification Is Rate Regulation
Is the FCC Unlawful? - A Reprise
Municipal Broadband Networks Present Serious First Amendment Problems
Regulation Won't Preserve a Dynamic and "Open" Internet - Crandall
FCC Commissioners Clyburn, Pai, and O'Rielly to Speak at FSF's Conference
Regulating the Most Powerful Network Ever
Congress Should Pursue Royalty Reforms Urged in Copyright Office Report
The FCC's Coming Internet Regulations
The Future of the Internet - FSF's March 19 Conference
Regulating Under the Influence: The FCC's Title II Initiative for Broadband
New Cisco Report Projects Huge Increases in Mobile Traffic and Connections
Sen. Ron Johnson to Deliver Closing Keynote
Strong Safeguards of Scarce Funds Should Govern FCC Broadband Experiments
Don't Let Governments Own the Internet's Future
Special Edition: The FCC's Plan to Regulate the Internet
Defining Broadband Progress Down
Press Release: Title II Utility Regulation
Cong. Steve Scalise to Engage in Lunchtime Conversation
Rep. Greg Walden to Deliver Opening Keynote Address
The Net Neutrality Controversy: A Historical Perspective
FSF Scholars Submit Response to Congress on Video Policy Reform
Market Forces, Not Gaming, Should Govern the Incentive Auction
Press Release: Net Neutrality Discussion Draft
Is the FCC Unlawful?
Mark Your Calendar -- Free State Foundation's Seventh Annual Telecom Conference
It's the Consumer, Stupid - Part III
Adding Fuel to the Fire of Genius
I am Charlie
FSF Transcript Released - "Thinking the Unthinkable"
Increased Fees Caused by Title II Regulations Will Depress Investment
A Question for 2015: Is the FCC Unlawful?
US Net Neutrality Campaign Enables Foreign Governments' Internet Control
Maryland Must Fix Its Budget Shortfall Before It Adds to the Long-Term Debt
FSF Season's Greetings 2014
Title II Would Not Just Harm Consumers, It Would Harm Workers Too
FCC Internet Regulation Would Hit Consumers with Hidden Fees
Save the Date -- The Free State Foundation's Seventh Annual Telecom Conference 2
Obama's Involvement Jeopardizes FCC's Net Neutrality Efforts
The Net Neutrality Hybrid Proposals: They Definitely Are Not Comfortable
Yet Another Court Reinforces State Law Copyrights in Pre-72 Sound Recordings
Hands Off the Web
Reaffirming the Foundations of IP Rights: Copyright and Patent in Antebellum Era
Videos Released FSF's Nov. 14 Net Neutrality Seminar
Thinking the Unthinkable - Part IV
Final Reminder: Latta,Pai, O'Rielly Open Net Neutrality Program - Register Now!
FCC Should Not Use Scarce Universal Service Funds to Subsidize Unproven Start-Up
Commissioners Pai, O'Rielly Open Net Neutrality Program - Register Now! 1
Verterans Day 2014 1
President Obama's Statement on Net Neutrality
Commissioners Pai, O'Rielly Open Net Neutrality Program - Register Now!
FCC's Ruth Milkman, Expert Panel Address Net Neutrality - Register Now!
Now What? Thinking the Unthinkable - Register Now for FSF's Nov. 14 Seminar
Entrepreneurs Cannot Predict the Future and Neither Can Regulators
Thinking the Unthinkable - Part III
FCC's Ruth Milkman Headlines All-Star Lineup
New Study Shows Same Results Regarding Maryland's Poor Business Tax Climate
Title II Would Not Ban Paid Prioritization
Endless Craving for Internet Control
Speakers Announced - FSF Policy Seminar -- November 14, 2014 Event
Mark Your Calendar - FSF Policy Seminar -- November 14, 2014 Event
Open Internet and the Law, or Removing the Cart from Afore the Horse
Thinking the Unthinkable - Part II
Save the Date - FSF Policy Seminar -- November 14, 2014 Event
Don't Rain on the Spectrum Reallocation Parade
FSF's Randolph May, Michael Copps Debate Net Neutrality - 1
Donald Boudreaux Named to FSF Board of Academic Advisors
FCC Must Quit Twisting the Section 706 Reports
Reforming Comm. Policy in Digital Age - FSFTranscript Released - June 25, 2014
Don't Convert Internet Providers into Public Utilities
Court Ruling Re St. Copyright Protections Should Prompt Congress Re RESPECT Act
Thinking the Unthinkable: Imposing the "Utility Model" on Internet Providers
Intellectual Property Rights Under the Constitution's Rule of Law
FSF Names New Members to the FSF Board of Academic Advisors
FSF Scholars Submit Response to Congress on Universal Service Reform
FSF Comments on Proposed AT&T and DIRECTV Merger
FSF President Randolph May's Internet Roundtable Remarks
FSF Reply Comments Show New Net Neutrality Threatens Internet's Growth
FCC Secret Meetings Raise Significant Process Concerns
A Number That Does Not Compute-706: FCC Preemption Will Cost Taxpayers Millions
Happy 30th Anniversary, Chevron - Part II
FSF Comments on Preemption of State Restrictions on Municipal Broadband Networks
Net Neutrality v. Consumers
Media Advisory: FSF Comments on Proposed Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger
Here We Go Again: Don't Eliminate the "Incentive" from the Incentive Auction
The Real Headline: Europe Lags the U.S. in Broadband
FSF Scholars Submit Comments on Network Interconnection
Happy 30th Anniversary, Chevron
Maryland's Lack of Business Friendliness Could Hurt the State
The FCC Shouldn't Go Down the Primrose (Preemption) Path
The Sharing Economy: A Positive Shared Vision for the Future
Ending the Costly Integration Ban
FCC Should Finally Grant CenturyLink Forbearance on Broadband Enterprise Service
Media Advisory: FSF Comments Show New Net Neutrality Should Not Be Adopted
A Bipartisan Capitol Hill Effort That Could Pry Spectrum Out of Government Hands
Transcript Released - FSF's Sixth Telecom Policy Conference - Panel II
Life, Liberty, and the Protection of Intellectual Property
Independence Day 2014
Sharing the Road: When Hogging Spectrum Lanes Requires Redirecting Gov Traffic
Sen. Thune, Comm. Pai on Communications Reform
Final Reminder: Sen. Thune Headlines Communications Policy Seminar
Copy of One Week Away
Compelled Disclosure of Internet Interconnection Agreements Creates Anticompetit
One Week Away
Changes in Attitudes: Competition Policy and the FCC
FSF Scholars Submit Comments on Communications Policy and the Role of the FCC
Register Now! Thune, Pai, Bergmayer, Thierer Address Communications Reform
U.S. vs. European Broadband Deployment: What Do the Data Say?
Two weeks from today! Sen. Thune, Comm. Pai lead policy event
'Til Death Do Us Part? Maryland "Death" Taxes and Interstate Migration
Sen. Thune Keynotes FSF Seminar on Communications Policy Reform
The FCC's Net Neutrality Proposal: The Wrong Way to Use Regulatory Presumptions
The Comcast/Time Warner Cable Deal
Registration Now Open! "Reforming Communications Policy in the Digital Age"
Center for Copyright Information Releases Copyright Alert System Report
Maryland Tax Climate and Interstate Migration: Issues to Watch
Memorial Day 2014
Registration Now Open! Sen. Thune, FCC Comm. Pai Headline FSF June 25 Event
The Comcast/TWC Merger Proposal: An Antitrust-Based View
American Consumers Are Leading the IP-Transition Parade
Reaction to FCC's Net Neutrality Action
Return of the 'Net Neutrality' Scheme
The Legally Problematic Nature of Title II Reclassification
Pots and Pans and the Net Neutrality Mess
Constitutional Foundations of Copyright and Patent in the First Congress
Save the Date - Sen. Thune to Keynote FSF June 25 Event
Use Your Lifeline
Charter-ing the Way Forward
Getting Risk and Reward Right in the Incentive Auction
Transcript Released - FSF's Sixth Telecom Policy Conference - Panel I
FSF Scholars Recommend a New Free Market, Flexible Use Spectrum Policy
FCC's Latest Net Neutrality Proposal
Procrustes at the FCC
McCutcheon Decision Shows Supreme Court Split on Free Speech
The FCC Should Not Preempt State Restrictions on Municipal Broadband
States Can Promote Next-Generation Wireless by Removing Regulatory Barriers
Snatching Victory From the Jaws of Defeat
Section 706, Wild Assumptions, and Regulatory Restraint
Obama May Give Internet Control to 'Global Community'
Comments Submitted - Status of Competition in the Video Programming Market
C-SPAN Coverage of FSF's Annual Conference
Warm Up With Hot Topic Conversation
A New FCC and a New Communications Act
Which Agency Should Regulate The Internet?
What Does Section 706 Really Mean? Find Out at FSF's Annual Policy Conference
FCC, Broadband and Fallacy of Government 'Competition'
Conference Agenda Released! Don't Miss FSF's March 18 Annual Policy Conference
STELA Offers An Opportunity for Congress to Clean Out Old Cable Regulations
Peering into the Comcast-Netflix Deal
Two weeks from today! FCC Commissioners, industry execs, policy experts at FSF
Another One Bites the Dust
FSF's Industry Leaders Panel: Arbogast, Cicconi, Largent, Powell, and Silliman
FCC Preemption of State Bans on Municipal Broadband Networks
Register Now! FSF's Policy Conference Is Three Weeks from Today
Here Comes Another Katrina
Ending Lopsided Legacy Broadband Regulation Is Imperative
Net Neutrality, Comcast-TWC Merger, IP Transition and More
Cable Merger Shows How Legacy Language Leads to Outdated Policy
A Costly Affair: Retaining Outdated Set-top Box Mandates?
Clyburn, O'Rielly, Ohlhausen Lead All-Star Conference Lineup
Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger
Regulation in a Digital Age
Outstanding Speakers Join FCC Comms. O'Rielly, Clyburn and FTC Comm. Ohlhausen
Calling for Fast Action on FCC's Wireless Infrastructure Proposal
FSF's Response to Questions in the First House Committee White Paper
FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn Will Deliver Keynote Address at FSF Telecom Conf
The Problem With Net Neutrality
The FCC Should Remove Outdated Regulatory Roadblocks to an All-IP World
FTC Comm. Maureen Ohlhausen Will Deliver Keynote Address at FSF Telecom Conf.
New Year, New Approach: A Turn Towards Regulatory Modesty in the FCC's Transacti
Some Initial Reflections on the D.C. Circuit's Verizon v. FCC Net Neutrality Dec
FCC Commissioner Michael O'Rielly To Be Keynoter
Reactions of FSF Scholars to Verizon Decision
"FSF's Randolph May Reacts to D.C. Circuit's Net Neutrality Decision"
The "Reason and Nature" of Intellectual Property: Copyright and Patent
It's the Consumer, Stupid! - Part II
Five Faulty Premises in Telecom Policy Debates
First Principles: Restoring the First Amendment to Its Rightful Place
A New Digital Age Communications Act
Season's Greetings 2013
Save the Date -- FSF's Sixth Annual Telecom Conference
Special Access: A Special FCC Debacle in the Making
Restoring Limits on the FCC's Ancillary Authority
The Brouhaha Concerning the FCC's In-Flight Cellphone Proposal Is Misplaced
FSF Transcript Released - FSF's October 24, 2013 Lunch Seminar
Will High Retransmission Consent Fees Hamper a Successful Incentive Auction?
MEDIA ADVISORY: "FSF's Randolph May ..............."
Consumer Welfare as the New Cornerstone for Communications Policy
Thanksgiving Day 2013
Cooperative Federalism and the IP Transition
Liberty and Competition, Lincoln and Wheeler
When Is an Incentive Not an Incentive?
Save the Date -- The Free State Foundation's Sixth Annual Telecom Conference
Dynamic Markets Make Predictions Hazardous
It's Time to Remove the Costly Integration Ban
Why the FCC Needs to Get With the Times, Finally
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change!
FSF Videos Now Available for October 24 Seminar
Randolph May Testimony -- October 23, 2013 Hearing
Cong. Bob Latta, All-Star Speaker Lineup Discuss What's Next for FCC!
A New FCC or the Same Old, Same Old Week
Cong. Bob Latta Leads All-Star Speaker Lineup!
Cong. Bob Latta to Deliver Opening Remarks
Finally, A Chance for Bipartisan Agreement
Can the FCC Reform Itself? How? Come Find Out
Free Market Royalty Act Would Make Copyrighted Music Market More Free
Maryland's Tax Climate Still Needs Improvement
Register Now! - "A New FCC or the Same Old, Same Old"
Did Gmail Put This Email Where You Want It?
FCC Reform: Putting Consumers First
Consumers Would Benefit from Deregulating the Video Device Market
Registration Now Open - Free State Foundation's Oct. 24 Lunch Seminar
Two Sides of the Internet's Two-Sidedness: A Consumer Welfare Perspective
Speakers Announced - Free State Foundation's Oct. 24 Lunch Seminar
No Picking Favorites: The Proper Approach to the Upcoming Incentive Auction
Constitution Week 2013
Save the Date - Free State Foundation's " Oct. 24 IP Seminar..."
Update: The U.S. Still Leads Europe in Broadband Speeds, Connectivity, and Value
Proposals Like the AT&T/Leap Merger Promise Consumer Benefits
It's the Consumer, Stupid!
Randolph May Participates in C-SPAN's "The Communicators" Program
Getting Out of the Business? Reform of the FCC's Merger Review Process
Randolph May Reacts to the Net Neutrality Oral Argument
Ronald Coase R.I.P.
Let Them Eat Cake and Watch Netflix
Section 706's Deregulatory Directive
Free State Foundation Staff and Affiliation Changes
Labor Day 2013: Lincoln, Labor, and Liberty
The Constitution's Approach to Copyright-Anti-Monopoly/Pro-Intellectual Property
Overregulation and Innovation
Achieving Unanimity: Getting to "Yes" for Incentive Auctions
The TWC - CBS "Retrans" Fight
Department of Commerce Green Paper Highlights Copyright Imperatives
FCC Reform: The Video
FSF Seminar Panelists Supply Insights Regarding New FCC Chairman
Washington (DC) Should Follow Washington (State)
FCC Report Reconfirms the Reality of the Video Market's Competitiveness
Literary Property: Copyright's Constitutional History and Its Meaning for Today
When Sharing Spectrum May Not Be Progress
Transcript Released - FSF's June 4 2013 Lunch Seminar
FCC Regulatory Reform and Administrative Law
Computer III: R.I.P.
Testimony at House Hearing on Improving FCC Process
Independence Day 2013
FSF Submits Comments on Wireless Competition Report
Don't Equivocate - Clear and Reallocate!
Transcript Released - FSF's Telecom Policy Conference - Panel III
FCC Must Maintain Open Eligibility for Incentive Spectrum Auction
The FCC's Incentive Auction: KISS It!
FSF Submits Comments to FCC Urging Lifeline Reform
Reasserting the Property Rights Source of IP
Video Available of FSF's June 4 Seminar
The Case for Program Carriage Reform
Everything's Up to Date in Kansas City
A La Carte Cable by Demand
Next Tuesday! Register Now for FSF's June 4 Seminar
Transcript Released - FSF's Telecom Policy Conference - Panel II
Chevron Deference and Regulatory Reform
MEDIA ADVISORY: "FSF's Randolph May Applauds Court's Tennis Channel Decision"
One Week Away! Register Now for FSF's June 4 Seminar
Memorial Day 2013
Transcript Released - FSF's Winter Telecom Policy Conference - Panel 1
What What You Do As FCC Chairman? Register Now for FSF's June 4 Seminar
A La Carte, Again
For Independent Agencies, SEC Regulatory Accountability Bill is an Act to Follow
Register Now! - FSF's "If I Were the FCC Chairman..." 1
ESPN, Net Neutrality, and Helping Consumers
The Constitutional Foundations of Intellectual Property
Tom Wheeler, Historian at the FCC's Helm
Speakers Announced! - FSF's "If I Were the FCC Chairman..."
Convergent Market Calls for Serious Intermodal Competition Assessments
"Low-Ranking" Counterproductive Video Regulations Offer Valuable Lessons
Unshackle Copyrighted Video and Music Content from Compulsory Licensing
Google Goes Shopping at a Dollar Store
Observing Troubled Government Telecom Systems
Don't Forbear Any Longer From Forbearance Reform!
Please support FSF with a tax-deductible contribution-1!
A Balanced Look at Lifeline and Its Reform
The Wrong Way to Free Markets and Free Speech
Please support FSF with a tax-deductible contribution!
Broadband Tax Will Stifle Investment in Tennessee
The Challenge of VoIP to Legacy Federal and State Regulatory Regimes,
FSF Releases Blair Levin Closing Remarks Video
FCC Report Reconfirms the Reality of Wireless Innovation and Competition
A Chairman - or Chairwoman - of Restraint
FSF Releases Videos of Senate Rubio's Keynote & Commissioner Pai's Conversation
MEDIA ADVISORY: "FSF's Randolph May Recognizes Genachowski's Service"
Sen. Rubio's Address at Today's FSF Telecom Policy Conference
Copy of MEDIA ADVISORY: "FSF's Randolph May Applauds Rob McDowell"
Annual Conference Message - March 19
MEDIA ADVISORY: "FSF Releases REVISED Program Agenda for March 21 Conference"
Completing the Transition to a Digital World
FCC Opts for Delay over Deregulation in Forbearance Process
MEDIA ADVISORY: "FSF Releases Program Agenda for March 21 Conference"
MEDIA ADVISORY: "FSF's Randolph May Applauds Approval of T-Mobile"
FSF Transcript Released -- ""Communications Law and Policy in the Digital Age"
Europe Lags Behind U.S. in Broadband Speeds and Connectivity
Sharing Licensed Spectrum w/ Government Lessens Prospects for Wireless Broadband
The Perilous Position of the Rule of Law and the Administrative State
USTelecom Petition Declaratory Ruling Comments
The Oldest Government-Owned Telecom Network Wants to Privatize
An Outstanding Lineup of Speakers Join Sen. Rubio and FCC Commissioner Pai
The Court Should Call A Double Fault - Rev
Cisco, FCC Reports Demonstrate Continued Broadband Progress
Outstanding Lineup of Speakers Join Sen. Rubio and FCC Commissioner Pai - 1
Recent Appeals Court Ruling on Ancillary Power Limits Could Curb Reg. Overreach
MEDIA ADVISORY: "FSF's Randolph May Applauds FCC Collaboration Act"
Unwashed Rental Cars and Spectrum Policy
Maryland Must Improve Its Economic Climate to Realize Broadband Benefits
Reforming the FCC's Processes for Digital Age Effectiveness and Efficiency
Sen. Marco Rubio and FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai Are Keynoters at March Conference
An Experiment Is Worth a Thousand Pleadings
FSF Comments in the IP-Transition Proceeding
Unlike Erasmus, No Need to Choose
USF Surcharge Hikes Hit Over-Taxed Wireless Consumers Hardest Blog
Chevron Deference and Independent Agencies
Captive Audience's Captive Thinking
FSF Panel Transcript Released -- "Ideas for Comm. Law and Policy Reform in 2013"
Regulators Can't Be Trusted to Self-Regulate
Forbearing from Broadband Regulation
Looking Ahead to 2013!
Congress Should Make Way for a Free and Disruptive Digital Music Market
Businesses, Consumers Need a Break on Wireless Taxes
"A Conversation with FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell" Transcript Released
The FCC, Merger Reviews, and Job Protection Pleas
WCIT 2012 - Observations and Lessons
Growing Tax Bills Burdening Wireless Subscribers
Putting Music Copyright Policy on a Free Market Footing -1
FSF Submits Comments in T-Mobile/MetroPCS Proceeding
Questioning an Agency's Authority to Determine Its Own Jurisdiction
Thanksgiving Day 2012
Why Broadband Pricing Freedom Is Good For Consumers
Elections Matters, But So Do Powerful Ideas
New Book! Communications Law and Policy in the Digital Age
If Communications Policy Were A Campaign Issue - II
FCC Inviting an Especially Big Mess on Special Access
Vindicating A Voluntary Process For Protecting Digital Privacy
Prof. Jonathan Adler and William Kovacic Join FSF's Board of Academic Advisors
Maryland's Heavy Business Tax Burden Keeps Investment and Jobs Down
Changing an Analog Era Regulatory Mindset
AllVid Regulation Risks Harm to Next-Generation Video Innovation
The FCC, the Administrative State, and Separation of Powers
If Forbearance Relief Granted, Transition to All-IP Networks Would Be Hastened
Atkinson, Gattuso, Honig, and Thierer Offer Reform Ideas at FSF Oct. 18 Seminar
FCC Forbearance Needed to Encourage Broadband's Economic Benefits
Audit Report on Maryland Unemployment Overpayments
FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell Headlines FSF's Oct. 18 Seminar
At the Time of the Merger
Spectrum Rules for Reducing Uncertainty Must Reject Unduly Reg. FCC Precedents
Participants Announced! Ideas for Communications Policy Reform for 2013
Pro-Investment Spectrum Policy Requires Open Eligibility and Flexibility
The Psychology of Abundance and the Realities of Regulatory Micromanagement
Keep Online Video Free from FCC Regulation
FCC's Pro-Regulatory Broadband Policy Risks Investment and Jobs
FCC's Video Report Reveals Disconnect
The True Meaning of Internet Freedom
FSF's Randolph May in The Daily Caller on A Failure to Communicate at the FCC
MEDIA ADVISORY "A Philosophy-Driven FCC With A Pro-Regulatory Philosophy"
Regulatory Forbearance and the Rule of Law
MEDIA ADVISORY "To Regulate Broadband, The FCC Ignores The Glass 95% Full"
A Dystopian UTOPIA
The FCC's Section 706 Report and Wireless Broadband Build-Out
Don't Neuter The First Amendment In The Digital Age
The FCC's Barrier Study - Back to the 'Future of Media' and Media Ownership?
Wireless Tower Construction Is Critical To Maryland's Consumers and Economy
FCC Should Limit Local Government Restrictions on Satellite Dishes
The FCC's Mobile Data Inquiry: No New Privacy Regulation Needed
Universal Service Reforms Must Continue To Be Implemented
FSF Files Brief Challenging FCC's Net Neutrality Regulations
New Competition, Old Rules, and the Unfree Marketplace
The FCC and the Rule of Law
What Is WCIT and Why Should You Care?
Independence Day 2012 -RJM
Special Pleading on Special Access Is Especially Counter-Productive
Free Speech on the Internet, Except in Cases...
C-SPAN Broadcast of Today's FSF's Seminar on Internet Governance
Memorial Day 2012
FCC's Robert McDowell and State Department's Richard Beaird Lead Seminar
What Is So Difficult About Sharing A Database?
Internet Freedom, At Home and Abroad
Will the Privatized Internet Governance Model Survive Threats from UN Confabs?
Transcript Released: White House Danny Weitzner FSF Closing Keynote Address
Propelling the Internet Backwards in Time
Just Downright Flighty
Forbearing From Forbearance
A Truly Free Market TV Marketplace - Part II
Any New Privacy Regime Should Mean an End to FCC Privacy Powers
A Truly Free Market TV Marketplace
Repurposing the FCC
The Internet World: Will It Remain Free From Public Utility Regulation?
Tennis Channel Ruling's False Start Under First Amendment
The First Amendment for the Digital Age
Thanksgiving Day - 2012
Independence Day 2011
Memorial Day 2011
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