Tech at Night: Kill SOPA, and even a Constitutional Internet Sales Tax is the wrong idea

By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  January 7th at 03:00 AM  | 

Internet access is not a human right. It’s not me saying that, either. It’s Vint Cerf, Google’s Internet Evangelist. ESA May be backing SOPA, but we’re seeing developers themselves such as Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios come out against it. But support for the OPEN Act is growing, as it protects American rights without trying to censor the Internet or impose destructive burdens on Americans online. | Read More »

Tech at Night: Deregulation(!), Regulation, Cable TV

By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  January 6th at 03:00 AM  | 

The new Congress is in session, and while some people are supremely interested in badmouthing the new Republican leadership, I’m more interested in trying to work with the Republicans to oppose the actual bad things being done by the Obama administration. I don’t have time to complain about past votes. Because guess what? Republicans who were previously bad under the Democrats can turn out good | Read More »

Tech at Night: RIAA, DMCA, Viacom, Google, Gun Owners of America, Free Press

By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  August 18th at 11:30 PM  | 

Good evening. A story I expect to hear more about is this a proposed subsidy for radio stations and the RIAA both of some sort of legal requirement for new cellular phones to include an FM radio receiver. Such a requirement would raise costs on everyone, lower innovation and even basic differentiation options, and be nothing but a detriment to anyone who shops for cellular | Read More »