Ben Scott

Comcast, GE Boost Lobbying Spending As U.S. Considers NBC Deal

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:34:59 -0400

Full article: Bloomberg News
Todd Shields
Comcast boosted spending on political donations and lobbying as it sought approval to take over the operations of General Electric's NBC Universal.

Free Press's Ben Scott Exits for State Dept. Post

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 28 May 2010 09:51:30 -0400

Full article: Multichannel News
John Eggerton
Free Press policy director Ben Scott has exited the group to take a job in government. Scott has been named a policy adviser for innovation at the State Department. The Free Press policy team, which is pushing hard against the Comcast merger with NBC Universal and for network-neutrality government policies, will be headed by research director S. Derek Turner.

Search Neutrality? How Google Became a 'Neutrality' Target

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 08:37:37 -0400

Full article: Ars Technica
Nate Anderson
"Search neutrality" now fills the FCC filings of companies like Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and AT&T, all of whom see no reason why their businesses should be picked out for regulatory scrutiny while Google goes about its business unmolested. So where did the idea of search neutrality come from, and what does it mean?

FCC Needs to Step Up Regulation of Internet Broadband Service

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:23:20 -0400

Full article: Los Angeles Times
David Lazarus
A battle is about to erupt between federal regulators and telecom companies, and the future of the Internet could be on the line. At issue is a seemingly benign question: Is the Internet an information service or a telecom service? The FCC would be in a better position to protect consumers if it reclassified broadband as a telecom service.

Reply Comments of Free Press in the Matter of Preserving the Open Internet, Broadband Industry Practices

Jenn Ettinger — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:39:49 -0400

Before the Federal Communications Commission, In the Matter of Preserving the Open Internet, Broadband Industry Practices, Reply Comments of Free Press, April 26 2010

Telecom Sees Offense As Best Defense Against FCC

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:36:28 -0400

Full article: Reuters
Telecom giants fear a "nuclear option" that the FCC might turn to after a court ruling this week threatened the government's bold plan to revolutionize broadband use.

Free Press Policy Chief Responds to Former FCC Chairman Powell

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:56:32 -0400

Full article: Washington Post
Cecilia Kang
Ben Scott, the policy director of Free Press, says that converting oversight of broadband services to the model used for other telecom services would not be as hard as it seems. It's not about regulating the Internet. Rather, it's about regulating the fixed wires that provide access to the Web.

Who Controls the Internet?

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 07:06:26 -0400

Full article: Diane Rehm Show
A U.S. appeals court has ruled that the FCC does not have the power to force Comcast and other Internet service providers to give equal treatment to all Web content. What the ruling could mean for consumers and the future of Net Neutrality.

Net Neutrality News

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:07:07 -0400

Full article: WNYC-FM
Free Press policy director Ben Scott discusses D.C circuit court ruling about the FCC and its ability to regulate the internet, what it means for Net Neutrality, and implications for widespread broadband access.

Federal Court Ruling a Blow to Open Internet

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:06:30 -0400

Full article: AZCentral.com
By calling into question the FCCs authority to regulate broadband firms, a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia could crimp key components of the FCC's just-launched plans to extend high-speed Internet to tens of millions of Americans who lack it.