I have blogged about HD format standards earlier. If you have been paying attention to the news, you know that the standards war is well underway, with products on the market for both the HD-DVD and the Blu-Ray standards. So, this article in today's Washington Post caught my attention.
Do you think that agreement between the two HD camps on camcorders provides a way out of the standards war or is it a "red herring"?
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28 July 2006
The Missoula plan
Those of us who are interested in the history of telecommunications in the US recall the different "plans" (eg. Ozark) that were developed by NARUC and were implemented by the FCC. Well, the issue of intercarrier settlements has arisen again because of the emergence of VoIP and the recent wave of mergers in the telecommunications industry. As a result, NARUC developed the "Missoula Plan". A very brief presentation about the motivation and the expected outcome can be found here; the text of the plan is here.
It is interesting to view this matter in the context of carrier interconnection and universal service. Interconnection has long been an object of contention between carriers (see this for a recent rendition); and many have argued that universal service funding is seriously flawed (see this, for example).
Do you think the Missoula Plan makes progress toward resolving some of these issues?
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Interconnection, Internet, Missoula plan, NARUC, Universal Service
It is interesting to view this matter in the context of carrier interconnection and universal service. Interconnection has long been an object of contention between carriers (see this for a recent rendition); and many have argued that universal service funding is seriously flawed (see this, for example).
Do you think the Missoula Plan makes progress toward resolving some of these issues?
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Interconnection, Internet, Missoula plan, NARUC, Universal Service
Internet governance
Although the outcome of WSIS was continued US control of the Internet, it resulted in a broader discussion on Internet governance. Now, according to this article, apparently the US is moving toward a broader conception of Internet governance (you might also find Tim Lee's commentary on this interesting).
Do you think this most recent development is a result of the UN/WSIS process, or are there other forces at play? If it is the latter, what do you think those are?
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WSIS, ICANN, Internet, Internet governance
Do you think this most recent development is a result of the UN/WSIS process, or are there other forces at play? If it is the latter, what do you think those are?
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WSIS, ICANN, Internet, Internet governance
Series on platform monopolies
Over at the Technology Liberation Front, Tim Lee has published a series of articles on platform monopolies that is worth the read.
What are the alternative arguments? Which do you find more persuasive? Why?
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Internet, platform monopolies, economics, Internet, ipod, windows
What are the alternative arguments? Which do you find more persuasive? Why?
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Internet, platform monopolies, economics, Internet, ipod, windows
Kazaa settlement
You may have read about Kazaa's settlement with the music industry for copyright infringement (see this, for example). The amount of this settlement was reported to be US$115 million. Since Kazaa is a free service, you might wonder where they came up with the money for this settlement. So did Eric Schonfield at B2, and he offers this explanation, though the NYTimes article argues otherwise.
Which explanation do you find satisfactory? What does this say about the future of P2P systems in dealing with copyrighted material?
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Kazaa, P2P, Internet
Which explanation do you find satisfactory? What does this say about the future of P2P systems in dealing with copyrighted material?
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Kazaa, P2P, Internet
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