Harold Feld's Tales of the Sausage Factory

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Tales of the Sausage Factory: It's Not Just About Sitefinder

Posted By: Harold

A year and a half ago, I spoke at an event sponsored by the CATO Institute warning that ICANN was on track for a “magnificent trainwreck.” The trainwreck may well have arrived in the form of Verisign's lawsuit against ICANN. [Read More!]
Posted: 03/01/04 15:58:31 - No comments

Tales of the Sausage Factory: Unlicensed Spectrum Access Part I

Posted By: Harold

In 2003, “wifi” went from geek toy to mainstream. But WiFi is only part of a much larger revolution in how people access and use the electromagnetic spectrum. Now, numerous competing and ill-fiting anaologies, “property,” “public commons,” “public trust” battle it out among Washington regulators. What's at stake? While it sounds hyperbolic, this regulatory battle ground holds the key to the next stage of evolution of information technology. This is a background piece. I will post the current developments piece later. [Read More!]
Posted: 02/24/04 18:11:16 - 2 comments

Tales of the Sausage Factory: Why A Comcast/Disney Merger Sucks Rocks

Posted By: Harold

This op ed appeared in the industry Magazine Broadcasting and Cable on Monday Feb. 23. [Read More!]
Posted: 02/24/04 13:20:46 - No comments

Tales of the Sausage Factory: RFID-- Are Smart Clothes a Smart Idea

Posted By: Harold

Most folks have yet to hear of RFID, or radio frequency ID tags. As explained in this article in The Nation, RFID opens a host of interesting issues. [Read More!]
Posted: 02/09/04 15:54:24 - 4 comments

Tales of The Sausage Factory: CBS caves again for Bush

Posted By: Harold

For those of you haven't followed, Bush and the Republican leadership fought off an broad attempt by Congress to roll back the national television ownership cap to 35%. The compromise was to freeze the limit at 39%, which means that Viacom (parent of CBS) and News Corp. (parent of Fox) don't have to sell off any stations. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) says that CBS has paid the administration back for this favor by refusing to sell time to an anti-bush ad on the Superbowl.
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Posted: 01/28/04 18:24:34 - 3 comments

Tales of the Sausage Factory: Fileswapping- Wither To in '04

Posted By: Harold

The inevitable end of year/start of year column of rehash and predictions. No doubt I'll regret this column next December, but if you're interested in my predictions for the future of file sharing in 2004, read on. [Read More!]
Posted: 01/05/04 15:56:25 - 2 comments

Tales of the Sausage Factory: More Than A Toaster With Pictures

Posted By: Harold

My colleague Cheryl Leanza and I wrote an article for the American Bar Association Communications section defending media ownership limits and explaining why the old rules should be retained. It's written with lawyers as the target audience, but we think we put it in English. It is available here.

Stay tuned . . . .
Posted: 01/05/04 11:14:24 - 1 comment

Tales of the Sausage Factory: I Am Now on the Sh--list of the Wall St. J. Editorial Board. Go me!

Posted By: Harold

Well, actually my boss, Andrew Jay schwartzman, and my organization, Media Access Project. But since MAP has only three attorneys and one admin staffer, I think I'm entitled to crow a bit.

The WSJ is a pay site, so I can't provide a link. And copyright prevents me from reprinting the editorial — which appeared in the print addition of the WSJ on Dec. 30, 2003.
But to see my more detailed comments, see below. [Read More!]
Posted: 12/31/03 10:55:49 - 6 comments

Tales of the Sausage Factory: Golden Globes, former presidents and media ownership

Posted By: Harold

The Reagans, the miniseries originally created by CBS and then moved to Showtime, has been nominated for two Golden Globe Awards. Not bad for a series that CBS dumped to its sister property Showtime on the grounds that it didn't have enough balance to air on broadcast TV. But was moving the Reagans off broadcast an artistic decision, or a financial decision by Viacom to curry political favor at a critical time. [Read More!]
Posted: 12/23/03 14:43:48 - 2 comments

Tales From the Sausage Factory: Saddam and Howard Dean

Posted By: Harold

I seem to be the only one in America who fails to see the link between the capture of Saddam Hussein this week and the 2004 Democratic Presidential Primary. Or so says an op ed in today's Washington Post. On the other hand, I do see this as a classic example of media group think. [Read More!]
Posted: 12/19/03 12:24:06 - 2 comments
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