Telecom, Internet & Information Policy > Telecom Regulation
Books and Book Chapters
What's Yours Is Mine: Open Access and the Rise of Infrastructure Socialism, by Adam Thierer and Clyde Wayne Crews Jr. (2003).
"Telecommunications and Broadband Policy," Chapter 41, Cato Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 108th Congress (2003).
"Telecommunications," Chapter 42 Cato Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 107th Congress (2001).
Cato Studies
"Circumventing Competition: The Perverse Consequences of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act," by Timothy B. Lee, Policy Analysis no. 564, March 21, 2006
"Peer-to-Peer Networking and Digital Rights Management: How Market Tools Can Solve Copyright Problems," by Michael A. Einhorn and Bill Rosenblatt, Policy Analysis no. 534, February 17, 2005
"Who Killed Telecom? Why the Official Story Is Wrong," by Lawrence Gasman, Policy Analysis no. 533, February 7, 2005
""Net Neutrality": Digital Discrimination or Regulatory Gamesmanship in Cyberspace?," by Adam D. Thierer, Policy Analysis no. 507, January 12, 2004
"Is America Exporting Misguided Telecommunications Policy? The U.S.-Japan Telecom Trade Negotiations and Beyond," by Motohiro Tsuchiya and Adam D. Thierer, Briefing Paper no. 79, January 7, 2003
Articles and Newsletters
"The Regulator Who Loved Markets" by Adam Thierer, TechKnowledge no. 95, January 21, 2005.
"Twilight for Traditional Telecom Regulation?" by Adam Thierer, TechKnowledge no. 91, October 25, 2004.
"Sen. McCain's Plan to Liberate the Broadcast Spectrum," by Adam Thierer, TechKnowledge no. 87, September 30, 2004.
"Shed No Tears for AT&T," by Adam Thierer, TechKnowledge no. 83, June 16, 2004.
"Negotiate, Not Litigate," by Randolph J. May, James L. Gatusso and Adam Thierer, TechKnowledge no. 82, June 7, 2004.
Opinion and Commentary
"The New FISA Compromise: It's Worse than You Think," by Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, July 7, 2008
"Limits on Eavesdropping Need to Stay," by Timothy B. Lee and Gene Healy, Orange County Register, February 19, 2008
"Telecom Amnesty," by Timothy B. Lee, Slate, February 13, 2008
"The Surveillance Scam," by Timothy B. Lee, Reason (Online), February 7, 2008
"Encourage a Bank Revolution by Mobile Phone," by Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar, San Francisco Chronicle, July 29, 2007
Events
"Parental Power: TV Indecency, the FCC, and the Media's Response," May 10, 2006 [Policy Forum]
"The Telecom Act Nine Years Later: Why Reform Can't Wait," February 7, 2005 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"Telecom Reform after the D.C. Circuit Decision: Is It Time for a New Telecom Act?," March 18, 2004 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"Telecom & Broadband Outlook After the FCC’s UNE Triennial Review Decision," September 24, 2003 [Policy Forum]
"Will Internet Telephony Bring About a Revolution in Telecom Policy?," September 9, 2003 [Policy Forum]
Speeches and Congressional Testimony
Filing in FCC proceeding on "A La Carte" Regulation of Cable and DBS, by Adam Thierer, FCC Filing, July 12, 2004.
"Thinking About the Next Telecom Act," Adam Thierer, Congressional Testimony, April 28, 2004.
Multimedia
"McCain's FISA Flip Flop" featuring Timothy B. Lee, June 13, 2008 [Flash Audio, 06:33]
"Senate Punts on FISA Reform" featuring Timothy B. Lee, December 31, 2007 [Flash Audio, 06:55]
"Reining in Wiretapping" featuring Timothy B. Lee, October 22, 2007 [Flash Audio, 06:35]
"When Patents Block Progress" featuring Timothy B. Lee, May 8, 2007 [Flash Audio, 10:53]
Robert A. Levy debates the "Do Not Call" list, Fox News Bill O'Reilly (September 26, 2003) [Real Media]
