Tim Wu

The Key to Innovation: Privately Owned Fiber?

Stevie Converse — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:55:54 -0800

2008 Internet Freedom Bash

Holiday Shapiro — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:21:11 -0800

The first annual Internet Freedom Bash, held in New York City on October 23, was quite a party. More than 200 committed activists, media reformers and Internet freedom fighters got together on a cold fall night to toast the growing movement for a more open and accessible Internet.

Comparing the Telecom Industry to OPEC Isn't so Crazy

Stevie Converse — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:45:59 -0700

Casting a Wider Net

Stevie Converse — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:10:14 -0700

Several leading lights of the Internet world believe that access to broadband is a civil right, like water, roads and sewage treatment, and have renewed their call for making such access a national priority. To further their goal, they have introduced a Web site, internetforeveryone.org.

New Group Makes Broadband a National Priority

Stevie Converse — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:56:13 -0700

Federal Communications Commission commissioner Jonathan Adelstein joined tech policy pundits, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists Tuesday to launch a new initiative aimed at making broadband a priority in the U.S.

Lamenting the High Cost of Broadband

Stevie Converse — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:13:58 -0700

Is bandwidth similar to oil? Yes, in one important respect, says Tim Wu, a professor at Columbia Law.

“Production is controlled by a tiny cartel that sets prices high and keeps them there,” Wu said today at a press conference about broadband access at the Personal Democracy Forum.

New Initiative to Push Internet for Everyone

Stevie Converse — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:33:46 -0700

Some pretty big names will be in one place tomorrow to unveil a new initiative called InternetforEveryone.org, which aims to make access to a fast, open and affordable Internet a basic right for all Americans.

iSurrender

Stevie Converse — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:33:30 -0700

If my iPhone were a motorcycle, she'd be a chopper.

Tim Wu: iPhone Central to Future of the Internet

Stevie Converse — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:51:44 -0700

At a conference this weekend, Tim Wu, the Columbia Law School prof who has done so much to popularize ideas about wired and wireless network neutrality, called Apple's iPhone the device "at the center of the battle for the future of the Internet."

If White Spaces Fail, 'We Don't Have that Many Chances Left'

Stevie Converse — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:40:31 -0700

The National Association of Broadcasters wants you to believe that unlicensed broadband devices in the TV white spaces will break up granny's Washington Redskins game, and wireless microphone firms want you to believe that church services and Grand Ole Opry shows alike will be disrupted.

Media Reform Now About Internet than About Broadcast Ownership

Stevie Converse — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:31:04 -0700

The Internet has opened up so many possibilities for communication that the most important concern about the media isn’t broadcast television ownership, but about threats from cable and Bell companies, said Free Press Executive Director Josh Silver.

Net Neutrality "crucial to our political and economic future"

mthompson — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:07:29 -0700

New Free Press board chair Tim Wu, the Columbia Law Professor who coined the term "net neutrality," explains why the Internet is the infrastructure of our time -- and how discriminatory networks harm America's economy.

Tim Wu Named Free Press Board Chair

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:38:00 -0700

FLORENCE, Mass -- Free Press, the national, nonpartisan media reform organization, has elected Columbia Law Professor Tim Wu as chair of the board.

How to Fix Tech Policy

Stevie Converse — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:10:30 -0700

What can the next president do to right the wrongs of the Bush Administration when it comes to technology policy? Columbia University law professor and co-author of Who Controls the Internet Tim Wu makes his recommendations regarding broadband, the FCC and government transparency through technology.

Tim Wu

Stevie Converse — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:28:35 -0700

Tech Policy: Jump-Starting Our Tech Policy

Stevie Converse — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:18:43 -0700

Perhaps the only thing that's actually improved over the last eight years under President Bush is technology (if not tech policy). In the sense that Nixon presided over an age of great films like The Godfather, the Bush era was also the age of Wikipedia,