Network Rules
This is a note about three conferences coming up, only two of which I can go to:
1. Silicon Flatirons – The Digital Broadband Migration. If the rewrite of the telecom act is all about video, as some say, then I'm on the right panel. But to confuse things, I'll be talking about E911 and CALEA and the new form of regulatory capture those rulemakings demonstrate. (Here's The Ambulance, The Squad Car, and The Internet.) As far as I can tell, no one from the current FCC is speaking. But former Chairman Michael Powell will be there. Feb. 20-21.
2. Cultural Environmentalism – This is a celebration of Jamie Boyle's book, Shamans, Software, and Spleens, from 1996. The conference organizers were probably hoping that I would write about copyright. But to confuse things, I'll be talking about the network neutrality battle. (Here's Network Rules.) March 11-12.
3. Freedom to Connect — I wish I could go. But I have some teaching to do (and I have great students this term, let me tell you.) OneWebDay is a sponsor of what is bound to be a terrific two-day meeting. April 3-4.