Federal Register Notice: Cybersecurity, Innovation and the Internet Economy: The Department of Commerce’s Internet Policy Task Force is conducting a comprehensive review of the nexus between cybersecurity challenges in the commercial sector and innovation in the Internet economy. The Department seeks comments on measures to improve cybersecurity while sustaining innovation. The Department Cybertelecomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814054461353903112rcannon100@yahoo.com0

Press Release March 24: "In light of rapidly evolving technology and changes in the way children use and access the Internet, the Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on the costs and benefits of an FTC rule designed to protect children online. "The FTC’s Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule became effective on April 21, 2000. COPPA imposes requirements on Cybertelecomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814054461353903112rcannon100@yahoo.com0

http://www.igf-usa.us/page/agenda-1AGENDAWhen: Wednesday, July 21, 2010Where: Georgetown Law Center600 New Jersey Ave., N.W., Washington, DCThe IGF-USA is a multi-stakeholder national event to bring togetherbusiness, civil society, government, technologists/researchers, andacademia in discussions about topics that are being deliberated at aglobal level regarding governance of the Internet, Cybertelecomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814054461353903112rcannon100@yahoo.com0

One hundred years ago when I was a judicial clerk at DC Superior Court, the worst docket was divorce court. The parties hated each other. They were nasty to each other. The attorneys were nasty. Everyone would do vindictive things to each other. It was horrible. Nothing was worse.Oh yeah, there was something worse. Divorce where all the parties are lawyers – a law firm break up. ("Argh! Cybertelecomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814054461353903112rcannon100@yahoo.com0

From the FTC (I received nothing free from them - oh yes I did - a really nice OnGuard Online Pen that doubles as a highlighter)....The Federal Trade Commission wants readers of Cyber Telecom to be aware that the FTC wants to hear about it when consumers are taken in by scams. Our new animated How to File a Complaint video shows them how and includes examples of the kinds of thingsCybertelecomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814054461353903112rcannon100@yahoo.com0

New Items 2/23/10 Wireline Competition Bureau Extends Open Internet Reply Comment Deadline to April 8, 2010. Order: Word | Acrobat2/23/10 93 Million Americans Disconnected From Broadband Opportunities. News Release: Word | Acrobat OBI Working Paper Series NO. 1: Acrobat Broadband Service Capability Survey: Acrobat 2/19/10 FCC Gives School E-rate Programs More Flexibility to Allow Cybertelecomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814054461353903112rcannon100@yahoo.com0

The Telecommunications Policy Research Conference is one of the truly great communications policy conferences, held annually in Arlington VA. CALL FOR PAPERS TPRC Presents The 38th Research Conference on Communication,Information, and Internet Policy Hosted by the Center for Technology and the Law George Mason University Law School Arlington, Virginia Friday, October 1, 2010,through Cybertelecomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814054461353903112rcannon100@yahoo.com0

What if someone sets up a website and messes with you. How do you find out who they are so that you can mess with them?Well, first and obvious, many websites have "Contact Us" links that tell you exactly who they are and how to contact them. That would be a good place to start.But maybe they aren’t so kind. Maybe they haven’t been considerate enough to make your life easy by leaving a calling Cybertelecomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814054461353903112rcannon100@yahoo.com0

http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=88463430&aid=77417094-8610&WT.mc_n=125Job Title: General Attorney (Trade Regulation)Agency: Federal Trade CommissionSub Agency: Federal Trade CommissionJob Announcement Number: BCP-2010-0006SALARY RANGE: 74,872.00 - 155,550.00 USD /yearOPEN PERIOD: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 to Wednesday, June 16, 2010SERIES & GRADE: GS-0905-12/15POSITION INFORMATION: Cybertelecomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814054461353903112rcannon100@yahoo.com0

This is from a display in the lobby of the FCC.Grand Island, Nebraska Monitoring StationThe First Frequency Monitoring Station"Under the Radios Act of 1910 and 1912, the Department of Commerce received the authority to monitor and inspect shipboard radio equipment, license radio operators for that equipment and prevent interference between stations. Prior to 1930, there were few radio services. Cybertelecomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814054461353903112rcannon100@yahoo.com1

I am grateful for the new Web 3.0 era of Facebook and Twitter. I am grateful because my email inbox is no longer filled with stupid crap that my friends were constantly forwarding. I think that's why so many old folk like Facebook and Twitter – it is the institutionalization of forwarding crap. All those old jokes and hoaxes and puppies needing adoption and cancer patients in England who wish Cybertelecomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814054461353903112rcannon100@yahoo.com0

Comment Date: February 18, 2010; Reply Comment Date: March 5, 2010"On November 5, 2009, the Commission released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) seeking comment on revising rules regarding the schools and libraries universal service support mechanism, also known as the E-rate program, to comply with the requirements of the Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act. Among other Cybertelecomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814054461353903112rcannon100@yahoo.com0

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on proposed guidelines that are designed to help Web site operators comply with the FTC's Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule. The proposed guidelines were submitted to the FTC by a non-profit organization known as iSAFE, Inc. under a provision aimed at industry self-regulation. This provision allows non-profit groups and companies to Cybertelecomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814054461353903112rcannon100@yahoo.com0

I saw this case in the excellent National Association of Attorneys General publication Cyber Crime e-newsletter . Many of us host or sponsor online communities of one form or another. On occasion, this means we must engage in moderation of the discourse in that community, and, as chance may arise, on occasion, we must give some chap the boot from the community for violating the AUP or the TOSCybertelecomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814054461353903112rcannon100@yahoo.com0

Today’s case involves the classic alleged scenario of a gripe site which used a Plaintiff’s trademark in Defendant’s web site domain name - and whether this might be a violation of the Anti Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA). Cleary Building Corp, V. David A. Dame, Inc., Civil Action No. 09-cv-01578-CMA-MEH. (DCo Dec. 1, 2009).But first, a visit to the Wayback Machine, back, oh, let’s Cybertelecomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814054461353903112rcannon100@yahoo.com0

The FCC today announced the dates, times, and locations of the January public workshops for the FCC's open Internet proceeding. These workshops will explore the impact of the Internet's openness on consumers, innovation, and investment. The next public workshop will occur on Jan. 13, 2010 at 5 p.m. at the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, Mass. and will address innovation, investment, and the open Cybertelecomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814054461353903112rcannon100@yahoo.com0

"On the Internet, no one knows whether you're a dog." Of course, if you are a dog, and you are fibbing about it, according to the US Attorneys Office out in California you're a felon and should be sent to the dog pound. Fortunately, there's a new dog in town who seems to be howling a different tune. Bad facts make for bad law. The unfortunate alleged facts of this case involved fibbing about Cybertelecomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814054461353903112rcannon100@yahoo.com0

PK is announcing the following:Toward a Sustainable Spectrum Policy: Rethinking Federal SpectrumA conference hosted by Public Knowledge (Click to RSVP)June 3, 2010 The Washington Court Hotel on Capitol Hill525 New Jersey Ave., NWWashington DC, 20001 Panel 1: Federal Secondary Markets Panelists will address the Public Knowledge white paper, "Federal Spectrum Secondary Markets: A Third Way Cybertelecomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814054461353903112rcannon100@yahoo.com0

New America and Future of Music are announcing:"An event hosted by the New America Foundation"This year has already seen a host of policy developments that will affect the entire music ecosystem - from the FCC’s authority to regulate the internet to international copyright concerns to the impact of health care reform on the music community. Event Time and Location Tuesday, May 25, Cybertelecomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814054461353903112rcannon100@yahoo.com0

Forum 1: Online Censorship – Implications of Content Filtering for Content Access At Home and Abroad Date: Friday, June 11, 2010, 9:30am – 2:00pm. Location: Dickstein Shapiro Conference Center1825 Eye Street, Northwest, Washington D.C. Description: "Internet content and applications providers face a large and growing number of challenges from governmental filtering and censorship in countries Cybertelecomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02814054461353903112rcannon100@yahoo.com0