Regardless of the industry, antitrust law is meant to benefit consumers - not competitors. Marvin Ammori antitrustbenefitcompetitor Change image and share on social
The neutral and level playing field provided by permissionless innovation has empowered all of us with the freedom to express ourselves and innovate online without having to seek the permission of a remote telecom executive. Marvin Ammori empowerexecutiveexpress share on social
The user, not the ISP, should be the kingmaker of apps. Marvin Ammori appispkingmaker Change image and share on social
Competitors argue that Google rigs its search algorithms to demote listings for competing search engines. Many of the allegations of demotion come generally from sites of pretty questionable quality, such as Nextag and Foundem. Some of Google's primary competitors in 'specialized search' clearly place well in search results - Amazon and Yelp. Marvin Ammori algorithmallegationamazon share on social
Anyone unhappy with Google can use other search engines - including DuckDuckGo and Blekko, along with Bing or Yahoo. Marvin Ammori bingblekkoduckduckgo Change image and share on social
Congress created a safe harbor for defamation in 1996 and for copyright in 1998. Both safe harbors were designed to ensure that the Internet would remain a participatory medium of speech. Marvin Ammori congresscopyrightcreate Change image and share on social
Charter hired me - which, to be honest, took some humility on its part, since I have helped lead public campaigns against cable companies like Charter - to advise it in crafting its commitment to network neutrality. Marvin Ammori advisecablecampaign share on social
Internet users should be able to choose where to go online and which applications to use. Comcast, say, shouldn't be allowed to block Skype just because it could siphon the communications giant's telephone business. Marvin Ammori allowapplicationblock share on social
Under the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Tumblr, YouTube, Reddit, WordPress, and Facebook aren't responsible for the copyright infringement of each of their millions of users, so long as they take down specific posts, videos, or images when notified by copyright holders. But copyright holders thought that wasn't good enough. Marvin Ammori actcopyrightdigital share on social
A rule against paid fast lanes would encourage additional capacity; a rule permitting paid fast lanes would simply encourage cable companies to create congested slow lanes on the Internet so they could make money by selling fast lanes to big companies. Marvin Ammori additionalbigcable share on social