Senate Impeachment Trial Rules – Mandatory Silence
Tying into our no cameras in the courtroom discussion this week…”all persons are commanded to keep silent, on pain of imprisonment, while the House of Representatives is exhibiting to the Senate of the United States articles of impeachment.” Mandatory silence and the banning of electronic devices for the impeachment trial should be interesting in an […]
Just Wondering: U.S. Super Bowl Commercials on Canadian TV – Yes, No, or Who Cares?
During last weeks class we focussed on this rather odd issue in identifying some of the tensions prevailing in the regulation broadcasting and communications in Canada – particularly questions of giving Canadians content they may want. The question itself may be most useful as a kind of Rorschach test on which we can all project […]
News of the Week; January 15, 2020
COMMUNICATIONS Don’t trust the US gov’t, states tell court in T-Mobile/Sprint merger case US may subsidize Huawei alternatives with proposed $1.25 billion fund PIRATE Act Passes Senate, and Now on to the President for Signature – Provides for Big Fines and Enforcement Sweeps in Big Markets Congress Adopts New Cable Operator Advertising and Billing Requirements […]
Cyber Mobs, Disinformation, and Death Videos (cw: violence)
Citation: Danielle K Citron, “Cyber Mobs, Disinformation, and Death Videos: The Internet As It Is (And As It Should Be)”, Book Review of *Sabrina* by Nick Drnaso, (2019) 118 Mich LR, online: https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1645&context=faculty_scholarship Danielle Citron (https://www.daniellecitron.com/, https://twitter.com/daniellecitron) reviews this graphic novel and relates its themes to her research on the psychology of virality, online communication, […]
News of the Week; January 8, 2020
COMMUNICATIONS Notice of Violation: Orcus Technologies: Investigation Into The Orcus Rat Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation – 2019 Year in Review Merger Lawsuit Docs Reveal T-Mobile Eyed Merging With Comcast FCC Seeks Comment on Designations of Huawei and ZTE as National Security Threats AT&T et al. fight against higher upload speeds in $20-billion FCC program There’s A […]
News of the Week; January 1, 2020
COMMUNICATIONS Court backs Comcast, puts Maine’s à la carte cable law on hold Court Blocks Maine Attempt To Force Cable Providers To Sell Individual TV Channels New Law Finally Bans B.S. Cable TV Fees DOJ Antitrust Boss Delrahim Ignored Hard Data As He Rubber Stamped T-Mobile Merger Wired for sound: How SIP won the […]
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