On the first of August the FCC ordered Comcast to ends its discriminatory network practices, wherein the Commission found that the nation’s largest cable modem provider had been improperly blocking the internet traffic of its subscribers who were using the BitTorrent file sharing system. Public Knowledge is one of the groups that petitioned the FCC to take action against Comcast. In a recent post to that group’s policy blog, Public Knowledge President and Co-Founder Gigi Sohn provided some historical perspective to explain why the FCC’s sanctioning of Comcast should be looked at as victory. I recently spoke to Gigi and I asked her to explain this perspective and to analyze what the Comcast action means for network neutrality.
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On the first of August the FCC ordered Comcast to ends its discriminatory network practices, wherein the Commission found that the nation’s largest cable modem provider had been improperly blocking the internet traffic of its subscribers who were using the BitTorrent file sharing system. Public Knowledge is one of the groups that petitioned the FCC to take action against Comcast. In a recent post to that group’s policy blog, Public Knowledge President and Co-Founder Gigi Sohn provided some historical perspective to explain why the FCC’s sanctioning of Comcast should be looked at as victory. I recently spoke to Gigi and I asked her to explain this perspective and to analyze what the Comcast action means for network neutrality.
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mediageek 29 August 2008 broadcast quality mp3
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A movement of independent minded crafters has been rising up across the nation, taking a new spin on the crafts that your grandmother might have made. Faythe Levine is one of them, and she’s taken up a camera to document them in book and film form, both titled Handmade Nation. On this edition of the program Faythe tells us more about the new indie crafters and how she’s documenting their work.
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The press freedom group Reporters Without Borders set up the first non-state radio station in China since 1949 to broadcast a message in protest against Chinese officials continued suppression of free speech and jailing of journalists, even as the Beijing Olympics are underway. We’ll listen to that broadcast, and catch up on how former FCC officials are joining the fight against the FCC’s current indecency rules.
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The FCC finally took action against Comcast for its discriminatory network management practices that blocked its internet customers’ BitTorrent file-sharing traffic. However, while it’s good to see the FCC action, it’s still a mixed decision.
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The FCC finally took action against Comcast for its discriminatory network management practices that blocked its internet customers’ BitTorrent file-sharing traffic. However, while it’s good to see the FCC action, it’s still a mixed decision.
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The Sirius/XM satellite radio merger was finally approved by the FCC, providing a bare few gimmies for the public interest after months of lobbying and waiting. But the story behind the last-minute tie-breaking vote has to do with both companies’ history of pirate operations. DIYmedia‘s John Anderson has be tracking the story for years now and fill us in on the details.
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The Sirius/XM satellite radio merger was finally approved by the FCC, providing a bare few gimmies for the public interest after months of lobbying and waiting. But the story behind the last-minute tie-breaking vote has to do with both companies’ history of pirate operations. DIYmedia‘s John Anderson has be tracking the story for years now and fill us in on the details.
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August 29, 2008 6:00 pm | 
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