Tech at Night, 5am edition: Embattled Harry Reid fails on Lieberman-Collins, property rights online must be protected, Reagan.com email
By: Neil Stevens (Diary) | August 7th at 03:30 AM |
We had no Tech at Night on Friday becuase I was at the Gathering in Jacksonville. Hope those who went enjoyed it, and that those who weren’t able to attend can make it next year! So, Harry Reid offered to let Republicans fix Lieberman-Collins. Republicans took him up on that, and he was unhappy. So he tried to ram it through after all. Republicans objected, | Read More »
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Tech at Night: Reid’s bluff called on Lieberman-Collins, so bill falters. Google fined millions but is it enough?
By: Neil Stevens (Diary) | August 2nd at 12:00 AM |
Lieberman-Collins is in trouble! There is apparently some misinformation going around. I’ve seen people claiming that gun control is in the bill, when it’s just an amendment possibly to be added, along with an anti-Obamacare amendment going around. Further, The Hill posted and pulled a story saying Harry Reid postponed the Cybersecurity Act. But it looks like I was right to respect Republican attempts to | Read More »
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Tech at Night: Cybersecurity Act process continues
By: Neil Stevens (Diary) | July 31st at 02:30 AM |
Having decided to give amending Lieberman-Collins Cybersecurity Act a go, Republicans now engage in that amendment process. Though, is it unfair of me to point out that it would be against Symantec’s best interests for American Internet security to improve? Why not to trust Senate Democrats on cybersecurity, in a nutshell: We’re criminalizing victimhood with this new Patrick Leahy proposal. Insane.
Tech at Night: Republicans to try to fix Lieberman-Collins Cybersecurity bill
By: Neil Stevens (Diary) | July 28th at 12:30 AM |
Senate Republicans have decided to take Harry Reid at his word that Republicans will have the opportunity to amend the Lieberman-Collins cybersecurity bill. So, many Republicans voted for advancing the bill, which passed 84-11. And oh boy it needs amending. Who are you going to believe? For it is Barack Obama. Against have been Kay Bailey Hutchison, John McCain, Marco Rubio, Ron Johnson, Heritage, and | Read More »
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Tech at Night: Lieberman-Collins is dangerously wrong, Republican Governors backing Sales Tax compact, new Internet policy alliances forming
By: Neil Stevens (Diary) | July 26th at 02:15 AM |
Right now the top issues are both getting lots of attention in the Senate. One is the cybersecurity bill. It’s been difficult for me to find out much about what’s going on with it, and it turns out there’s a reason. Sources familiar with the situation indicate to me that Harry Reid has been negotiating with Republicans in bad faith. Even Republicans who love to | Read More »
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Tech at Night: More sales tax issues, the Lieberman-Collins bill is still wrong
By: Neil Stevens (Diary) | July 24th at 02:30 AM |
It’s easy to see why there’s sudden, strong opposition to the Marketplace Fairness Act, as yet another Republican governor, Terry Branstad, backs the bill. I again state my opposition to the lousy language backing the bill, including “fairness” and “loophole”. Yes, that language is being driven by marketplace losers, but both sides of this debate are ponying up cash. I favor the bill on its | Read More »
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Tech at Night: Obama and the Senate take up the wrong Cybersecurity bill, Obama FCC Democrat talks markets on spectrum
By: Neil Stevens (Diary) | July 21st at 05:00 AM |
Coordination stops the bad guys online. That’s why The Democrats are wrong in their push for a power grab, led by Barack Obama. We just need better information sharing. Pass CISPA or SECURE IT. Not Lieberman-Collins, the former Internet Kill Switch bill.
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Tech at Night: My support for the so-called Marketplace Fairness Act
By: Neil Stevens (Diary) | July 19th at 03:00 AM |
So, the Marketplace Fairness Act. Ben Domenech and Francis Cianfrocca recently went off on it on Coffee and Markets, which is a great series to listen to. Having an opportunity to block out time to listen to it is probably the best part of having a 2.5 hour commute from Arlington to Purcellville (and then 2.5 hours back). I support the bill, and the interstate | Read More »
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Tech at Night: Cybersecurity compromise rightfully stalling, Mike Enzi right on Marketplace Fairness Act
By: Neil Stevens (Diary) | July 17th at 01:30 AM |
Please read: A personal appeal to Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. You mad, bro? With that business out of the way, back to Tech at Night. I for one am glad that Jon Kyl and Sheldon Whitehouse are having trouble coming up with a compromise. The Lieberman-Collins bill favored by Harry Reid and Barack Obama is terrible and just an awful, huge power grab. We’re better | Read More »
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Tech at Night: Safe Web Act, Samsung copycatting, Obama’s PROTECT IP/SOPA mastermind rides again [HTML fixed]
By: Neil Stevens (Diary) | July 14th at 02:30 AM |
It’s clear that the Obama administration wants the Safe Web Act renewed, what with the big showy announcement over at ICE (though if ICE is going after “Copy Cats,” how long until Samsung gets nailed?). I’d want to look carefully though. We don’t have to just renew it. We can examine it and change it in any ways that make sense given the Obama administration’s | Read More »
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Tech at Night: Kim Dotcom’s Massive Hubris, Google has it coming on Safari hack, a reasonable child pornography bill
By: Neil Stevens (Diary) | July 12th at 02:30 AM |
US attempts to extradite Kim Dotcom have been delayed until 2013. It is unconfirmed whether the delay is related to the need to send a reinforced tanker to New Zealand in order to have a vehicle strong enough carry his weight back to the United States. In the meantime, the hubris (and food) filled man is trying to dictate terms to the US. That won’t | Read More »
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Tech at Night: FCC to get grilled, Cybersecurity debate continues
By: Neil Stevens (Diary) | July 10th at 12:30 AM |
Darrell Issa’s House Energy and Commerce is going to have a special hearing with all five members of the FCC, including newly confirmed members Jessica Rosenworcel and Ajit Pai. The FCC is expected to be questioned about issues ranging from wired phone competition to spectrum. I hope Mitt Romney’s people are listening, because the hearing should also highlight regulatory reforms needed across the executive branch | Read More »
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Tech at Night: Google’s values, Government sharing spectrum, Wikipedia founder against copyright
By: Neil Stevens (Diary) | July 7th at 02:00 AM |
Things that are compatible with Google’s values: Prostitutes. Websites for copyright infringement. Illegal drugs. Pornography. Mortgage scams. Spying on people’s wireless networks. Things that are incompatible with Google’s values: legal exercise of Second Amendment rights.
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Tech at Night: A good old FCC roundup on Independence Day
By: Neil Stevens (Diary) | July 5th at 12:00 AM |
It’s Independence Day, which was very nice for me since I kept on resting and feel just about healthy now. No Tech on Monday thanks to my cold that wiped me out since Sunday. Unfortunately Google decided today was the day to celebrate a song that, while American, was specifically designed to carry political meaning as well as to reply to the Christian and patriotic | Read More »
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Kim Dotcom,
Lieberman-Collins,
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Regulation,
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Tech at Night: Hitting the news through glitchy thunderstorm power
By: Neil Stevens (Diary) | June 30th at 04:00 AM |
I hope nobody’s surprised that the Obama administration is stonewalling Darrell Issa from Trans-Pacific Partnership oversight. Because the President would love to get a power grab out of this, I’m thinking. In other House news, the Republican Study Committee is going Tech. Which is good; the less we have to rely on Democrats for good policy outcomes, the better. So I wish luck to Marsha | Read More »
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Philip Falcone,
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