Evidence and economic theory suggests that control of the Internet by the phone and cable companies would lead to blocking of competing technologies. Marvin Ammori blockcablecompany Change image and share on social
The terms of copyright last far too long: either the life of the author plus 70 years after death for a personal work or 95 years for a corporate work. That length doesn't encourage more authorship - it merely limits the speakers who could share powerful speeches, books, and films. Marvin Ammori authorauthorshipbook 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
Google (and Bing and Yahoo!) don't 'owe' any company traffic. If a company has to spend more on advertising on Google, in addition to investing in search-engine-optimization, that is not a violation of any law. Marvin Ammori additionadvertisebing share on social
President Obama's FCC Chairman, Julius Genachowski, has a reputation in D.C. of being a 'tepid' regulator. From reports of his net neutrality proposal, he's living up to that reputation. Marvin Ammori chairmanfccgenachowski Change image and share on social
In software and many other online markets, even dominant firms face potential threats because of the low costs for competitors to enter those markets. Threats more easily emerge because of better or newer technologies leapfrogging older ones. Marvin Ammori competitorcostdominant share on social
By definition, the Singularity means that machines would be smarter than us, and, in their wisdom, they can innovate new technologies. The innovations would come so quickly, and increasingly quickly, that the innovation would make Moore's Law seem as antiquated as Hammurabi's Code. Marvin Ammori antiquatecodedefinition share on social
'Negative liberty' is a political science term meaning a liberty from government action. It is not a liberty to anything - like the liberty to meaningfully contribute to public debate or to have ample spaces for speech. Marvin Ammori actionamplecontribute share on social
Default choices often remain unchanged for no reason other than being the default, either because of this lack of information or humans' status quo bias. Marvin Ammori biaschoicedefault Change image and share on social
The FCC sided with the public and adopted extremely strong net neutrality rules that should be a global model for Internet freedom. Marvin Ammori adoptextremelyfcc Change image and share on social
