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FCC bans exclusive TV deals for cable

October 31, 2007 Commission adopts new rules that ban cable operators from locking apartment buildings into exclusive contracts in exchange for service. TAGS: contract, cable company, rule, commission, TV, pricing, chairman, service provider, Verizon Communications, AT&T Corp., order, video

FCC mandates more stringent E911 compliance

September 12, 2007 Vote obligates wireless operators to test compliance with location-accuracy rules at local level instead of at statewide level. TAGS: E911, wireless industry, compliance, CTIA, wireless carrier, rule, carrier, T-Mobile, Sprint Nextel

Police agencies push for drone sky patrols

August 9, 2007 Local law enforcement agencies want a free hand to fly unmanned aerial vehicles. The FAA says not so fast.Photos: Unmanned vehicles take to air, land and sea TAGS: aircraft, helicopter, airplane, agency, rule

European e-commerce tax laws to be extended

May 18, 2006 Commission wants rules for value-added tax on European commerce to remain in force until end of 2008. TAGS: e-commerce, VAT, European Union, tax, commission, rule, supplier, extension

FCC approves some open wireless requirements

July 31, 2007 Some critics argue the commissioners should have gone further and others say they should have let market forces prevail. TAGS: spectrum, rule, wireless broadband, commission, Google Inc., agency, requirement, Washington

Networking exec blasts wiretapping rules

November 17, 2006 Requirements for broader wiretapping on Net phone and broadband connections are too costly, unwieldy, says Global Crossing. TAGS: Global Crossing Ltd., CALEA, rule, Internet phone, broadband, exec, networking

Drone aircraft may prowl U.S. skies

March 29, 2006 Can unmanned aerial vehicles doing domestic surveillance safely share the skies with airplanes? Photos: Unmanned aircraft keep watch TAGS: aircraft, surveillance, sky, U.S., feet, rule, monitoring, monitor

Rewriting ethics rules for the new media

April 5, 2007 Traditional journalists often take bloggers to task over ethics, but some are bending rules for their own online personalities. TAGS: ethics, journalist, rule, guideline, media, start-up

Quit fooling with wireless-spectrum auction

January 23, 2008 Gregory Rosston of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research says recent moves by FCC chairman threaten successful history of auctions. TAGS: auction, firm, rule, wireless service, agreement, chairman, asset

House panel OKs global rules for U.S. Net firms

June 22, 2006 Bill is reponse to reports that tech companies have been tailoring offerings to China's censorship regime. TAGS: China, Cisco Systems Inc., politician, rule, bill, Internet service, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., U.S., Microsoft Corp.

SEC OKs e-delivery of shareholder information

January 30, 2007 The new rules, proposed more than a year ago, will allow electronic proxy notification without making it mandatory. TAGS: shareholder, Sunoco Inc., Jonathan Schwartz, delivery, notification, rule, commission, Internet access, printing, blog, Adobe PDF

FBI Net-wiretapping rules face challenges

October 24, 2005 Rules demanding that Internet providers and universities rewire their networks for FBI surveillance are being challenged in federal court. TAGS: CALEA, Pulver.com, telecommunications, regulation, Internet phone, general counsel, court, service provider, rule, VoIP, law, Internet service, P2P, Internet Service Provider, broadband

Senators endorse broadcast flag plan

June 27, 2006 Even though a committee approved anticopying restrictions for digital TV and radio, the debate's not over. TAGS: digital radio, senator, digital television, committee, rule, Republican, movie, audio, radio, TV, video

Feds approve liberal election rules for Net

March 27, 2006 Federal Election Commission approves rules to regulate political ads on Web sites but little else--at least for now. TAGS: regulation, blogger, commission, committee, rule, election, speech, candidate, Republican, payment, Adobe PDF

FCC to reveal spectrum auction plan

April 25, 2007 The Federal Communications Commission will unveil some of the rules it will use in the upcoming 700MHz spectrum auction. TAGS: spectrum, auction, rule, band, wireless broadband, broadband, digital television, analog, cell phone, TV

Kids' TV faces new Net restrictions

January 24, 2007 Feds want to keep commercial Web site references out of children's programming, but some say the rules don't go far enough. TAGS: Nickelodeon, advocacy group, children, rule, programming, restriction, e-commerce, Disney Corp., address, kid, TV, minute

Europe defends online broadcasting plans

June 15, 2006 U.K. commissioner says Television Without Frontiers directive will help businesses, but some big Net players are wary. TAGS: self-regulation, broadcasting, regulation, content provider, legislation, rule, broadcaster, Europe, Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., TV

Losing the way over e-discovery?

January 23, 2008 California plans its own set of e-discovery rules, but will they mesh with new proposed federal rules on the same topic, asks Internet attorney Eric Sinrod. TAGS: amendment, California, discovery, party, rule, law, definition, lawyer

Google lobbies for 'open' wireless networks

June 14, 2007 Net neutrality rules for broadband died last year, but now Google and its old allies are pushing for similar rules on wireless networks. TAGS: Net Neutrality, airwave, spectrum, broadband network, wireless broadband, alliance, Google Inc., rule, broadband, wireless network, AT&T Corp.

For e-discovery, the times, they are a-changin'

August 9, 2006 Attorney Eric J. Sinrod says that new laws taking effect could jack up costs and force parties in lawsuits to abide by new, uncomfortable rules. TAGS: discovery, party, lawsuit, logistics, rule, backup
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