Gigi Sohn
Gigi Sohn
Gigi Sohn was the president and co-founderof Public Knowledge. She used to work for the Ford Foundation. She now works for the U.S. Federal Communications Commission...
apple recipe
It's not a recipe for piracy. It's a recipe for competition, which is what Apple really doesn't like.
based cable certain channels concerned consumer control favors financial model onto operator pick time
Think of the cable system. You as a consumer have no control over what channels the cable operator picks. They pick certain channels based on where they have a financial interest. Time Warner favors the programming in which it has financial interest. We're concerned that the cable model will essentially be grafted onto the InterNet.
merger net neutrality
This merger makes a net neutrality requirement all the more urgent.
bill consumers expect improvement internet needs open preserve providers service
This bill needs significant improvement before it will preserve the open Internet that consumers and service providers expect and deserve.
internet love
The Internet we're come to know and love is at risk.
almost appreciate bill cable cease commerce committee control enjoyed future gives house impossible innovative internet open telephone
The future of the free, open and innovative Internet we have all enjoyed through the years is not guaranteed. If the bill before the House Commerce Committee gives control of the Internet to the telephone and cable companies, the Internet we have come to appreciate could well cease to exist, and it will be almost impossible to get it back.
case clear court design factor hard innovators pressed tech
You would be hard pressed to read this case to say that innovators will have to design their tech differently. I think the court was pretty clear in stating that the technological design is not a factor in determining inducement.
concern heck limited people rights suing
This is a heck of a lot better than just going out and suing the daylights out of people. My concern is that people may give up rights they may have, such as the right to limited sharing.