An article in today’s Journal paints a bleak outlook for net neutrality.
Separately, Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. have withdrawn quietly from a coalition formed two years ago to protect network neutrality. Each company has forged partnerships with the phone and cable companies. In addition, prominent Internet scholars, some of whom have advised President-elect Barack Obama [...]

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Back in December, Parul Desai of Media Access Project, wrote a great primer on the concept of net neutrality and why independent media artists should want to support a “free” internet. I’ve posted some news items here over the past year, though as companies like AT&T and Google face off, it feels a bit like [...]

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There was a lot of news last week, so here is a quick round-up to direct you to some important articles you may have missed:
Via CNET, Gonzales: It’s time to punish ‘attempted’ piracy, “Urging the necessity of keeping the nation’s copyright laws ‘up to date,’ he pointed specifically to the Intellectual Property Protection Act of [...]

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Jeffrey Chester, the executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy, weighs in on the real battles over who controls what online:
“Fearful of the growing dominance of Google, some of the country’s most powerful media companies are seeking to rein in the digital giant. Viacom’s $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against Google’s YouTube and the [...]

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Via a new blog I am following from PodCamp NYC, The Click Heard Round the World:
“The US Holocaust Museum has teamed up with Google Earth to offer a startling and powerful overlay of the region of Darfur onto Google’s interactive earth map. You can see where all the of the refugee camps are, which [...]

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