News of the Week; November 27, 2019
COMMUNICATIONS Competition Bureau Continues Advocacy on Telecom Competition and Regulation Cable Execs Now Falsely Claiming Cord Cutting Is Slowing Down Huawei Files SLAPP Suits In France Against Critics Who Highlighted The Company’s Ties To The Chinese Government FCC finalizes ban on Huawei and ZTE equipment in Universal Service Fund FCC Adopts Order Restricting USF Funding […]
News of the Week; November 20, 2019
COMMUNICATIONS The US gives Huawei its third 90-day support exemption from export ban Apathy Isn’t A Business Model: Major US Telcos Teeter Toward Bankruptcy Comcast trying to drive local sports network out of business, lawsuit says 46 Cities Sue The FCC For Trampling Their Rights FCC sued by dozens of cities after voting to kill […]
News of the Week; November 13, 2019
COMMUNICATIONS Comcast is trying to “dismantle” Civil Rights Act of 1866, MLK’s daughter says How the FCC solves consumer problems—well, it doesn’t, really Third Circuit Asked to Rehear Decision Overturning FCC Ownership Rule Changes – Where Do We Go from Here? FCC To Consider All-Digital AM at its November Meeting – What Questions are Being […]
News of the Week; November 6, 2019
COMMUNICATIONS When does hyperlinking infringe copyright? UK High Court addresses linking to internet radio stations Warner Music UK Ltd. & Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd v. TuneIn Inc. [2019] EWHC 2923 (Ch) DirecTV kept charging regional sports fee while channel was blacked out FCC Freaks Out About Huawei, But Ignores The Internet Of Broken Things […]
News of the Week; October 30, 2019
COMMUNICATIONS The Retailers Strike Back with a Motion to Strike in the Allarco Litigation (Howard Knopf) Motion to Strike in Allarco Wireless Worsens: Report Finds Canadian Wireless Pricing Now Less Competitive Compared to Other Developed Economies (Michael Geist) Canadian Wireless Carrier Rogers ‘Surprised’ That People Like Unlimited Data Plans AT&T loses another 1.3 million TV […]
News of the Week; October 23, 2019
COMMUNICATIONS What Comes Next for Canadian Digital Policy Under a Liberal Minority Government? (Michael Geist) No more free rides for large online digital media services Canadian Broadcasting Company Hits Conservative Party With Questionable Copyright Infringement Lawsuit The CBC Lawsuit, Fair Dealing and Future Reform: The Unexpected Arrival of Copyright in Election 2019 (Michael Geist) The […]
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