Perspectives From FSF Scholars
2012 Applying Hayekian Principles to Communications Policy , by Randolph J. MayOverhauling the Communications Act: Free Market Reform for the 21st Century , by Randolph J. MayRe-Reforming Telecom Regulation: Power-Grabbing Bureaucracy Undermined 1996 Effort , by Randolph J. May
No. 4: Stifling the Spectrum Market: The Negative Implications of the AT&T/Qualcomm Order , by Seth L. Cooper2011 The FCC Risks Over-Conditioning the Comcast-NBCU Merger , by Randolph J. May Lessons for Modern Regulators from Hippocrates, Schumpeter and Kahn , by Dennis L. Weisman and Glen O. Robinson Property, Regulatory Policy, or Hybrid? The Elusive Status of Intellectual Property , by Richard A. Epstein Opening the Internet to Regulation: Assessing Risks of the FCC's Failure to Limit Its New Powers , by Seth L. Cooper Opening the Internet to Regulation II: How Set-Top Box Merger Conditions Foreshadow Broadband Content Controls , by Seth L. Cooper Violent Games Marketed To Kids: 'M'-Rated Products Show Up On Teen Channels , by Deborah Taylor Tate The FCC and the Unfair Market for TV Program Rights , by Bruce M. Owen The AllVid Proposal's First Amendment Problem: Exploring the FCC's Constitutionally Defective Device Regulation , by Seth L. Cooper Children's Use of Technology Demands Our Attention , by Deborah Taylor Tate A Modest Proposal for FCC Regulatory Reform , by Randolph J. May Rolling Back Regulation at the FCC: How Congress Can Let Competition Flourish , by Randolph J. May There Are Too Few Positive Media Role Models for Children , by Deborah Taylor Tate Tethering the FCC: The Case Against Chevron Deference for Jurisdictional Claims , by Daniel A. LyonsFCC Should Reprogram its Program Carriage Regulation: Giving the First Amendment Its Due Respect MMTC and Clear Channel Continue to Work Toward Greater Media Diversity , by Henry Rivera and Deborah Taylor TateFCC Should Stop Refusing to Acknowledge Wireless Competition , by Seth L. CooperSection 652 Cross-Ownership Ban Shouldn't Apply to Cable Operators and CLECs , by Seth L. CooperThe Future of Media Report: When Future Success Requires Abandoning Past Regulatory Failures , by Donna Coleman Gregg FCC's Proposed "AllVid" Regulation Ill-Suited to Today's Dynamic Market , by Seth L. CooperNo. 20: Join Dialogue on Healthy Images for Women, Girls , by Deborah Taylor Tate Abolish Access Charges Now , by Gerald W. BrockNew FCC Regulations Reduce Investment and Hinder Job Creation , by Randolph J. May and Seth L. CooperConstitution Day at the FCC - 2011 , by Randolph J. May Schools Enter Digital Conversation: Educating Kids On Social Networking Is Best Solution , by Deborah Taylor TateIt's the Consumer, Stupid , by Randolph J. MayThe Department of Justice's Case Against the AT&T/T-Mobile Merger: A Faulty Static Marketplace Vision , by Randolph J. May and Seth L. CooperThe First Amendment Future of Modern Media and Political Campaign Speech Regulation , by Seth L. Cooper Proposed FCC Incentive Spectrum Auctions: The Importance of Re-Optimizing Spectrum Use , by Michelle ConnollyTaxing Ad Affiliate Internet Sales Would Be Maryland's Mistake , by Seth L. CooperThe FCC Should Keep Broadband Free From Analog-Era Outage Regulations , by Seth L. CooperBuild Back That Broadband Wall: FCC Assaults Modern Telecom Services With Old-Fashioned Rules , by Randolph J. MayThe FCC Staff's Report Against the AT&T/T-Mobile Merger: A Critical Analysis , by Randolph J. May and Seth L. Cooper2010 The Convergence of Broadcasting and Telephony: Legal and Regulatory Implications
Overregulating the Internet , by Randolph J. May What Citizens United Means for Free Speech in the Digital Age , by Seth L. Cooper The Comcast and NBCU Merger: The Upside Down Analysis of Dr. Mark Cooper , by Richard A. Epstein Reject the Internet "Public Option," by Randolph J. May The Dogmatic Posture of a Consumer Advocate: A Second Response to Mark Cooper, by Richard A. Epstein The Deregulatory First Amendment: How Video Competition and Free Speech Will Reduce Regulation , Seth L. Cooper A New Direction for Net Neutrality , by Randolph J. May Leave It to Business, Not Government , by Deborah Taylor Tate Why the FCC's Broadband Plans Got Smacked Down , by Randolph J. May The Key to Media's Digital Future: First Amendment Freedom, Not Desperate Measures , by Donna Coleman Gregg Hooks Unselfishly Paved the Way for Others , by Deborah Taylor Tate No. 13: A Tangled Web: Moving from "Open and Free" to "Safe and Secure" , by Deborah Taylor Tate The FCC's "Future of Media" Project: "Let Them Eat Broccoli," by Glen O. Robinson FCC Won't Face Up to Wireless Competition: Misreading the Writing on the Wall , by Seth L. Cooper No. 16: The "Third Way" for Broadband Regulation: Goldilocks or the Big Bad Wolf? , by Dennis L. Weisman The Distinction Between Law and Politics , by Randolph J. May Forbearance Follies: What the FCC's New Framework Portends for the "Third Way," by Seth L. Cooper Don't Stifle Internet Services With More Regulation , by Deborah Taylor Tate The Coming Fifth Amendment Challenge to Net Neutrality Regulation , by Daniel A. Lyons Food for Thought Regarding Broadband Progress , by Deborah Taylor Tate
No. 22: The Middle Way to Internet Regulation , by Glen O. Robinson All Americans Should Have Reliable Wireless Access , by Deborah Taylor Tate Broadcast Retransmission Negotiations and Free Markets , by Randolph J. May The FCC's Continuing, Costly Video Navigation Device Regulation , by Seth L. Cooper He Has a World of Our Information in His Hand , by Deborah Taylor Tate No. 27: Don't Let "Bill Shock" Regulation End Light-Touch Treatment of Wireless , by Seth L. Cooper For MSNBC, Comcast Represents Not A Threat, But An Opportunity , by Daniel A. Lyons The FCC's Fatal Conceit , by Randolph J. May No. 30: FCC Regulators Turn Their Eyes to the Internet , by Randolph J. May No. 31: Multiple Government Regulatory Reviews Burden Telecom Mergers with Too Many Conditions , by Seth L. Cooper Fresh Thinking on Special Access by Randolph J. MayBroadband Stimulus: Prudent Minimalism Will Lead to Maximum Impact by Randolph J. MayA Spending Problem by Len LazarickGive Consumers a Tax Break Now , by Deborah Taylor TateA Better Way to Manage Spectrum , by Bruce M. OwenCuring Maryland's Structural Deficits: A Call for Mandate Reform , by Len LazarickThe "Free Press" Free Lunch , by Randolph J. MayGood Laws Spur Technology, Investment , by Deborah Taylor Tate State's Budget Balancing Act Is a Short-Term Fix , by Len LazarickDeconstructing "Dismantling Digital Deregulation" - Part II , by Randolph MayHow Is StateStat Working? A Good Management Tool, but Defective on Accountability Vaunted StateStat Falls Short of Real Accountability , by Len Lazarick
Delaying Deregulation: Forbearance at the FCC , by Seth L. CooperAssessing the FCC's Competition-Assessing Competence , by Randolph MayPaying For Use Is Fair , by Deborah Taylor TateThe Hazards of Prescriptive Regulatory Intervention in a Rapidly Changing Market , by Donna Coleman GreggWhy Public Broadcasting Isn't a Model for Newspapers , by Donna Coleman GreggSaving Mt. Wilson - and Increasing Spectrum Efficiency , by Bruce M. OwenThe Faulty Berkman Report: "The Fallacy of Overlooking Secondary Consequences," by Seth L. CooperLet Competition and Choice Check Wireless ETFs , by Seth L. CooperVoiding the Constitution , by Randolph MayGuard Children from Dangers Online , by Deborah Taylor TateRandom Acts of Taxation by Cecilia JanuszkiewiczBundles of Joy: The Ubiquity and Efficiency of Bundles in New Technology Markets by Stan J. Liebowitz and Stephen E. MargolisRep. Markey's Internet Bill: Curiously Off the Mark by Randolph J. MayNo. 4: Reckless Spending , by Cecilia Januszkiewicz On Market Power and the Power of Markets: A Schumpeterian View of Dynamic Industries , by Dennis L. Weisman At FCC, Change Must Be the Mantra , by Randolph J. May The Illusion of Declining Revenues, Reduced Spending , by Cecilia Januszkiewicz No. 8: Dealing with Health Care Costs for State Retirees , by Cecilia Januszkiewicz The FCC's Sometimes Wayward Course , by Randolph J. May The Temptation of Media Regulation , by Bruce M. Owen Why Forbearance History Matters , by Randolph J. May Avoiding Structural Deficits in Maryland: Recommendations for Reform , by Cecilia Januszkiewicz No. 13: The FCC v. Indecency: George Carlin Remembered , by Glen O. RobinsonNo Time for Mere Catch Arguments , by Randolph J. MayA Spending Problem , by Cecilia JanuskiewiczDeregulation as Scapegoat , by Randolph J. MayThe Last 100 Days , by Randolph J. MayShort of Statutory Right, Contrary to Constitutional Right , by Randolph J. MayDon't Foil the Digital Age , by Randolph J. MayStructural Solutions for Maryland's Structural Deficit: Pathways to Reform , by Cecilia JanuszkiewiczDevaluing Spectrum , by Randolph J. MayThe Never-Ending Maryland Structural Deficit , Cecilia Januszkiewicz 2007 No. 1: Net Neutrality and the Problems with Policymaking Through Merger Conditions by Christopher S. Yoo Sidestepping the Net Neutrality Boondoggle by Randolph J. MayCommunications Policy Pirouettes Put Maryland Spending on the Web by Trevor Bothwell New Executive Order and OMB Bulletin Focus on Agency Guidance by Robert A. Anthony Special Access and the FCC's Broken Merger Review Process by Randolph J. May FCC Should Let Bygones Be Bygones by Randolph J. May Blue Jeans, Vodka, and Wireless Services by Randolph J. May Net Neutrality Is A Federal Issue by James B. Speta Illogical Net Neutrality Idea by Randolph J. May The Net Neutrality Debate: Twenty Five Years After United States v. AT&T and 120 Years After the Act to Regulate Commerce by Bruce M. OwenBring Transparency and Accountability to Maryland Government by Randolph J. May Is Uncle Sam Serious About Sirius-XM? by Randolph J. May The Constitution, A La Carte by Randolph J. May Sideline Frontline by Randolph J. May Special Access and Regulatory Principles: The Market-Oriented Case Against Going Backwards by Randolph J. May Don't Let Net Neutrality Go Airborne by Randolph J. May The Federal Unbundling Commission? by Randolph J. May Reject Demands for Bundling by Randolph J. May Net Neutrality and Spectrum Auctions: Lessons from History by Richard A. Epstein Decoupling and Energy Conservation by Randolph J. May What Does 'Open Access' Mean? by Randolph J. May Time for Maryland to Face Its Health Benefits Burden by Randolph J. MayConstitution Day at the FCC The FCC Shouldn't Stand for the Forgotten Constitution Commission by Solveig Singleton Net Neutrality, Freedom, and First Principles by Randolph J. May Wireless Works--Without More Regulation by Solveig SingletonPut Universal Service Reform Near Top of FCC's Agenda The Unbundling Panel by Randolph J. May and christopher S. Yoo 2006
No. 1: Liberty Versus Property: Cracks in the Foundation of Copyright Law by Richard A. Epstein
No. 2: First Amendment: Net Neutrality Issues by Randolph J. May
No. 3: Montgomery County's Outdated Policies Hurt Cable Consumers by Randolph J. May
No. 4: Net Neutrality Mandates: Neutering the First Amendment in the Digital Age by Randolph J. May
No. 5: Net Neutrality and Free Speech by Randolph J. May
No. 6: Heading Off a Potential FCC Debacle by Randolph J. May
No. 7: Don't Inflict Analog Era Equipment Rules on the Digital Age by Randolph J. May
No. 8: Media Ownership--Drop Outdated Rules by Randolph J. May
No. 9: The War Behind That Black Box on Top of Your Television Set by Randolph J. May