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Phone
Broadcast
Cable
Satellite
(All telecommunication except the Internet) |
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| What law determines FCC's organization and scope of power? |
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| Indecency and Broadcast Media - Can it be regulated? Why? |
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Yes because it is
Pervasive
Accessible |
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| Do ordinary citizens have a right to access of the media |
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| No - they can't demand they want to be on the media |
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| Cable and Satellite must carry local broadcasting. This is because broadcasting said otherwise free broadcasts would no longer exist and they would lose advertising money. |
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ICANN - Internet Corp. for Assigned Names
Manages domain names and protocols (are unique
Responsible for delegation of top-level domains
Accredits registries
(Manages technical function - not content) |
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Internet Assigned Numbers Authority -
Coordinates tech parameters
Manages root zone
US controlled (for now) |
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Internet Governance Forum
Developed through UN
Nonbinding policy recommendations
Makes policy recommendations to ICANN |
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International - Everyone should have the right to the Internet (infrastructure/government censorship)
Domestic - Providers can't restrict content or show preference to certain content. Against 2-tiered access. |
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| Provisions of FCC's Net Neutrality Policy |
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Transparency - Publicly disclose accurate info regarding network mgt.
No Blocking - no blocking lawful content (fixed and mobile broadband)
No Unreasonable Discrimination - Fixed broadband cannot unreasonably discriminate transmission (except network management) |
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| Not in US (except for horseracing between two people) |
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| Trying to get people to give you their info |
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| Attempt to redirect site traffic |
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| Is it illegal to register a domain name using a false name and address? |
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| No, but it is illegal to do it for fraudulent purposes. |
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