By May 09,2005

Broadcast flag burning

Now that the FCC's "broadcast flag" has been struck down, broadcasters would do well to stop obsessing over exaggerated piracy threats and focus on competing with cable and satellite.

By Apr 10,2005

The FCC won’t let us be

The FCC might soon be regulating speech on cable and satellite TV, but the fact that over 85 percent of homes in the U.S. subscribe to those less-regulated services shows...

By Mar 13,2005

Dreaming of DRM

Digital rights management technologies may yet prove an effective piracy deterrent, and companies should be free to deploy them. But requiring customers to comply with them on pain of criminal...

By Feb 28,2005

The feds and your medical data

Federally mandated electronic medical records may sound wonderful, but before rushing to put a system in place, we need to consider the downsides.

By Feb 13,2005

Microsoft is big, but it still must compete

European consumers, like their American counterparts, have every opportunity to choose the media platform that best serves their needs. EU bureaucrats should get out of the way and let them...