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February 8, 2011EMR 122

 Disney  News Corp  Time Warner  Viacom own  all the broadcast networks  90% of cable networks  75% of prime time programming  70% of prime time TV share February 8, 2011EMR 123

 1960s: 1500 cable systems, 1 million subscribers  1972: 10 cable systems had 40% of market  1996: 5 cable systems had 2/3 of market  2010: In most areas, one cable system Cable carriers increasingly control Internet access  90% of new Internet subscribers sign up for cable rather than telephone access February 8, 2011EMR 124

February 8, 2011EMR 125

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February 8, 2011EMR 1210

February 8, 2011 NY Review of Books 10/28/2010 EMR 1211

 We treat IP addresses as Non-Personal Information  We reserve the right to share Non-Personal Information with affiliates and other third parties. February 8, 2011EMR 1212

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June 4,

“When a Washington voter signs a referendum petition …, he is acting as a legislator. … I do not look forward to a society which … exercises the direct democracy of initiative and referendum hidden from public scrutiny and protected from the accountability of criticism.” “Privacy of association is protected under the First Amendment.” January 19, 2011Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture16

February 8, 2011EMR 1217

February 8, 2011EMR 1218

1. Political censorship 2. Market collapse 3. Homophily 4. Intellectual property lockdown 5. Ownership convergence 6. Fighting privacy infringement 7. Social censorship or, “think of the children” February 8, 2011EMR 1219

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February 8, 2011EMR 1221

 Whoever disseminates to a minor any matter harmful to minors … shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years.  “Matter,” any handwritten or printed material … February 8, 2011EMR 1222

 Whoever disseminates to a minor any matter harmful to minors … shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years.  “Matter,” any handwritten or printed material … or any electronic communication … created by means of use of the Internet or wireless network … February 8, 2011EMR 1223

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February 8, 2011EMR 1225

February 8, 2011EMR 1226

 “We need to re-engineer the Internet to make attribution, geo-location, intelligence analysis and impact assessment — who did it, from where, why and what was the result — more manageable.” – Michael McConnell, former director of intelligence February 8, 2011EMR 1228

 “We need to re-engineer the Postal Service to make attribution, geo- location, intelligence analysis and impact assessment — who did it, from where, why and what was the result — more manageable.” February 8, 2011EMR 1229

February 8, 2011EMR 1230

 The basic idea of the Internet began to form in the early 1960s, and the Internet as we know it today is deeply imbued with the sensibilities and campus politics of that era … it is really the product of now aging hippies … February 8, 2011EMR 1231

February 8, 2011EMR 1232

1. Digital death 2. Political censorship 3. Market collapse 4. Homophily 5. Intellectual property lockdown 6. Ownership convergence 7. Fighting privacy infringement 8. Social censorship 9. The war on terror February 8, 2011EMR 1233

1. Information monopolies are always dangerous 2. Don’t fear information 3. Education is the only answer February 8, 2011EMR 1234

1. Information monopolies are always dangerous 2. Don’t fear information 3. Education is the only answer February 8, 2011EMR 1235

February 8, 2011EMR 1236

1. Information monopolies are always dangerous 2. Don’t fear information 3. Education is the only answer February 8, 2011EMR 1237

February 8, 2011EMR 1238

1. Information monopolies are always dangerous 2. Don’t fear information 3. Education is the only answer February 8, 2011EMR 1239

February 8, 2011EMR 1240