Art Brodsky

Post's 'Web Cops' Are Off the Beat on Net Neutrality

Stevie Converse — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 06:06:18 -0700

The Washington Post has again taken the low road on keeping a free and open Internet. In its latest editorial, the newspaper of record in the Nation’s Capital again declined to view the reality of a duopoly broadband market and a lack of consumer choices.

Global Internet Freedom Should Work Here, Too

Stevie Converse — Tue, 27 May 2008 08:17:51 -0700

Wouldn’t it be nice if the grand concept of Global Internet Freedom applied to the U.S. as well as to the rest of the world?

Why the 'Right' Gets Net Neutrality Wrong

Stevie Converse — Mon, 05 May 2008 09:32:13 -0700

Just in time for the House Telecom Subcommittee’s May 6 hearing on Net Neutrality legislation, Public Knowledge achieved a new level of notoriety when we were prominently mentioned in a blog post on the American Spectator, the publication best known for funneling millions of dollars to investigations of Bill and Hillary Clinton.

Maybe the FCC Can Handle the Truth

Stevie Converse — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:12:18 -0700

Maybe the FCC can handle the truth.

Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear Killing Telecom Subsidy Connect Kentucky?

Stevie Converse — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:31:11 -0700

I've written a fair amount about corruption and the telecom lobby. One of the nastiest tricks the telecoms use is the notion of universal buildout to grab subsidies and then not do the buildout, which of course creates the need for more subsidies to do universal buildout.

Look Who's Beating Up on Google

Stevie Converse — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:40:22 -0700

What do Cliff Stearns, John Shimkus, and Fred Upton have in common? They're all members of the House telecommunications subcommittee, and they've each publicly accused Google of having "duped" the Federal Communications Commission by "gaming" a recent multibillion-dollar auction of wireless frequencies, shortchanging federal coffers.

Movie Spies Are Fun; Movies' Spying on the Internet Is Not

Stevie Converse — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:11:19 -0700

Hollywood for years has had a fascination with spies. Some are action spies, like the various incarnations of Bond, James Bond, or cerebral spies like Alec Guinness' masterfully subtle George Smiley.