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Net Neutrality

Legal and How-to Guides for Citizen Media Creators and Online Publishing

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Court appears ready to strike a blow against the FCC's net neutrality authority.

Submitted by djsalinas on Mon, 01/11/2010 - 15:07
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Best Practices for Creative Commons attributions - how to attribute works you reuse under a Creative Commons license

Submitted by New Media Rights on Fri, 12/11/2009 - 12:49

Find out how to site or source creative commons work. Creative commons work allows you to share, remix and reuse legally, just make sure to check out what license it is under.

“creative commons” by Flikr user libraryman used under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license

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The FCC's Unauthorized Attempt to Control the Internet

Submitted by djsalinas on Thu, 11/19/2009 - 12:49

The FCC has released a proposed set of rules for an open and transparent internet, and awaits comments to its net neutrality proceeding in January. The purpose is noble, to protect the public from discriminatory practices by Internet Access Providers. While this is a great proposal in principle, we cannot overlook one important question: does the FCC actually have authority over the internet to make these rules?

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FCC field hearing in San Diego discusses the future of mobile apps and solutions to a possible "spectrum crisis"

Submitted by Mera Szendro Bok on Fri, 10/09/2009 - 15:27

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski and Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker led two panels this week at USD for the development of a National Broadband Plan. The panelists discussed the future of spectrum availability and mobile applications during a time when the FCC warns of a "looming spectrum crisis".

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How FCC Chairman's net neutrality proposal will affect broadband, cell phones, and an "Open Internet"

Submitted by art neill on Tue, 09/22/2009 - 16:24

FCC Chairman Genachowski has proposed six net neutrality principles be adopted as rules by the FCC. This welcome sign for an "Open" Internet could effect everything from your home Internet Service to your cell phone and broadband data card service.

But this is just the first step. Learn about what the FCC Chairman proposes and how it affects your Internet service.

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Policy Advocates React to FCC Chairman's Net Neutrality Announcement

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New Media Guides Legal and How-to guides

Welcome to our Legal and How-to resource center.  We hope these guides will help you, the user/creator,  to learn about

  • Rights and laws on the Internet
  • How to use new technologies and social media in your own life
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Essential Free and Open Source Software Toolkit

Submitted by New Media Rights on Tue, 04/14/2009 - 15:49
A tool kit full of Free or Open Source software
Open source software has gained popularity because of its effectiveness, flexibility, security, and low cost. By adopting an entirely new philosophical approach to software development and user freedom, open source software empowers you, the downstream user not just to use it to perform a task, but to build upon, adapt, and modify it to fit your needs. In this way thousands of developers and users around the world are able to work to improve the software's effectiveness, flexibility, and security. Join the many people around the world using open source software, a way of life that encourages openness, sharing, community, innovation, and discovery.
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New Media Rights to speak at California Western's Entertainment and Sports Law Society Spring Symposium

Submitted by JLMetcalf on Fri, 02/27/2009 - 11:39

Spring Symposium Schedule
Saturday, March 7, 2009

Purchase Tickets at http://www.ticketderby.com/innerindex.php?eventid=225

Students - $20
Attorneys - $25 (CLE Credits offered)

9:30-10:00 a.m. Registration

10:00-10:45 The San Diego Firm Setting: More Personal Representation Outside LA
Rodney L. Donohoo, Law Offices of Rodney L. Donohoo
Abbas Kazerooni, Esq., Partner @ Kazerouni Law Group

10:45-11:00 Networking Coffee Break

11:00-12:00 MySpace & You Tube are Forcing the Law to Catch Up with Technology
Brooke Wentz, The Rights Workshop

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