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This paper, published by Public Knowledge on April 23, 2012, is a deep dive into questions about data caps and so-called "usage-based billing." It considers economic and historical perspectives and raises some concerns, both in regards to competition and to national priorities such as broadband adoption, education, employment, and innovation more generally.
The full paper is available here as a PDF. Below is the executive summary and final recommendations.
The paper was written by Andrew Odlyzko, University of Minnesota; Bill St. Arnaud; Erik Stallman, Holch & Erickson, LLP; and Michael Weinberg, Public Knowledge.
A working paper by
A PDF of this paper is also available.
The Elevator Pitch
What's wrong with TV? The shows themselves are better than ever, but the way that viewers watch and pay for TV is stuck in the past. To fix this, policymakers should take steps to increase competition in program distribution. After a few policy changes online video services should be able to compete head-to-head with cable and satellite TV, and this increased competition will allow TV to catch up with the innovation that has marked mobile devices, consumer electronics, and broadband Internet services over the past several years. In particular:
This whitepaper is also available as a PDF and can be purchased on the Amazon Kindle Store.
This white paper, It Will Be Awesome if They Don’t Screw it Up: 3D Printing, Intellectual Property, and the Fight Over the Next Great Disruptive Technology, examines how intellectual property (IP) law impacts the rapidly maturing technology of 3D printing, and how incumbents who feel threatened by its growth might try to use IP law to stop it.
The full text of the paper is below, but for a swankier version with colors and pictures, check out the pdf.
To watch this technology in action and listen to interviews of experts in the field, check out our 3D Printing Issue Page.
This paper is also available in
PDF format.
by Mehan Jayasuriya, Jef Pearlman, Robb Topolski, Michael Weinberg,
Sherwin Siy
www.PublicKnowledge.org
Acknowledgements
The authors of this paper would like to thank the following advocates for
their assistance and suggestions during the editing process: Public
Knowledge president Gigi Sohn, Public Knowledge staff attorney Rashmi
Rangnath, Public Knowledge legal consultant Adam Thomas, Public Knowledge
intern Katy Tasker and Electronic Frontier Foundation staff technologist
Peter Eckersley.
July, 6, 2005
(Also available in DOC and PDF formats.)
A Public Knowledge White Paper
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The deployment of broadband telecommunications services could have as great an impact on society as the appearance of the printing press in the 15th century and television and radio in the 20th. Broadband technologies have the potential to bring about unprecedented benefits to consumers and to our national economy. If the U.S. adopts the right policy framework, emphasizing competition and limited regulation, the growth of broadband technologies will significantly strengthen our democracy and every individual's economic empowerment.
Unfortunately, broadband services are at risk of being controlled by gatekeepers who have the ability to skew the marketplace against the interests of consumers.
