Net Neutrality In the News
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May 29, 2009
Novel effort in Minnesota seeks ISP gambling block Peter Svensson, Yahoo FinanceMinnesota officials are trying a novel tactic to block online gambling sites—using a federal law that enables restrictions on phone calls used for wagering.
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May 28, 2009
Providers Blocking Online Video Access Michael Harris, Light ReadingThe dark day that net neutrality activists feared has finally arrived. Access to free online video content is intentionally being blocked to tens of millions of broadband users, while millions more users might soon see their video streams intentionally degraded.
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May 19, 2009
PhillyDeals: Google CEO advocates life away from the computer, too Joseph N. DiStefano, The Philadelphia InquirerGoogle chief executive Eric Schmidt took questions from reporters after speaking at Penn’s graduation yesterday.
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May 18, 2009
Case Closed: NebuAd Shuts Down Wendy Davis, Media PostBehavioral targeting company NebuAd effectively shuttered on Friday, according to court documents.
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May 07, 2009
Calling the bluff mndaily.comLast week, Minnesota’s Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division (AGED), under the Department of Public Safety, sent a written notice to 11 internet service providers ordering them to block their Minnesota customers’ web access to nearly 200 online poker websites. In defense of their demand upon ISPs, the AGED cites the Interstate Wire Act of 1961, which orders “common carriers” to block telecommunications services which facilitate betting. Of course the internet wasn’t around in 1961, so the law could not possibly have been drafted with online poker in mind. The highest court to issue a ruling on the 1961 Interstate Wire Act, The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, has interpreted the law as applying solely to sports betting, and no other types of online gambling. The AGED has grossly misinterpreted the law.
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