The Electronic Frontier Foundation wins three victories in new exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. And Twin Cities Community Voice Mail offers cell phones and service to the homeless population of St. Paul, MN.

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WASHINGTON – The Federal Communications Commission chairman reportedly is continuing to hold closed-door meetings with a few large phone, cable and Internet content companies to negotiate a “compromise” on the crucial issue of Network Neutrality that could jeopardize the free and open Internet.

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WASHINGTON – Today, the Library of Congress announced that cell phone users who unlock their phones for use on a different, compatible network or to access third-party applications are not in violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

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A critical program that new noncommercial radio stations have historically relied upon to for expensive construction costs has been targeted by the Obama administration. And a special guest commentary by Nick Russo on why Congress needs to pass the Local Community Radio Act and put Low-Power FM stations in every community.

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WASHINGTON -- Responding to reports that T-Mobile is planning to abandon Net Neutrality for mobile video, Free Press Political Adviser Joel Kelsey said:

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WASHINGTON -- The Federal Communications Commission filed a brief today with a U.S. appeals court defending the agency’s 2007 decision under former Chairman Kevin Martin to weaken the Newspaper-Broadcast Cross-Ownership (NBCO) Rule.

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WASHINGTON – Today, the Federal Communications Commission released the findings of its sixth Section 706 report, determining that broadband services are not being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely manner. The report, mandated by the 1996 Telecommunications Act, requires the FCC to assess the status of broadband deployment.

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WASHINGTON – Today, a bipartisan group of senators sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski reminding him that the Senate continues to be concerned about the dangers of media consolidation. Sens.

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RoadMAP doesn’t know what to make of this, but the technology is very interesting, indeed. Exclusive: Google, CIA Invest in ‘Future’ of Web Monitoring The investment arms of the CIA and Google are both backing a company that monitors the web in real time – and says it uses that information to predict the future. The company is [...]

A significant minority of the country is upset about government intrusion into our lives.  RoadMAP doubts that many of them would want to repeal the FTC’s Do Not Call rules.   The is a success story which bears examination. Do Not Call List Tops 200 Million, Some Scammers Still Ignore It The Federal Trade Commission announced a milestone [...]

Fox News Channel’s domination of the ratings continues unabated.  In the latest numbers, its prime time ratings exceed MSNBC, CNN, and HLN put together.  But the number that jumped out to the New York Times’ Brian Stelter is that just 1.38% of those viewers are Black. Fox News Audience Just 1.38% Black Fox News may be the undisputed [...]

First today, RoadMAP has a followup to last week’s item about T-Mobile’s consideration of transgressing the line on net neutrality.  The folks at T-Mobile have put out a statement attempting to clarify matters, as well as a somewhat clunky translation of the Der Spiegel interview which started the brouhaha.  Make up your own mind…. Returning to RoadMAP’s usual business, this [...]

Here is a reminder that human nature is susceptible to low tech stratagems. Fake Femme Fatale Shows Social Network Risks Researcher Thomas Ryan says fictitious Robin Sage character fooled many holding security, military and intelligence posts Hundreds of people in the information security, military and intelligence fields recently found themselves with egg on their faces after sharing personal [...]

If you check up on T-Mobile on Google News this morning, the top item will almost surely be that there are rumors that T-Mobile may soon be offering the iPhone to its subscribers.  But there is another story about T-Mobile that bears attention: an interview in which its CEO says that he hopes to start [...]

This solidly reported piece in the August issue of Wired appears to be about the relationship between Apple and AT&T as they developed the iPhone.  It doesn’t tell you much you didn’t know about Apple, but it offers a revealing peek into the AT&T culture.  There is still a lot of Ma Bell’s DNA over there. Bad Connection: [...]

By Juliana Gruenwald, National Journal The FCC came under criticism Wednesday for its decision to defend media ownership rules that critics argue allow for greater media consolidation. The FCC filed a brief in the U.S. District Court of Appeals in Philadelphia defending the media ownership rules adopted in 2007 under Republican Chairman Kevin Martin. The FCC relaxed rules [...]

WASHINGTON — Today, the Federal Communications Commission filed a brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals of the Third Circuit addressing broadcast media ownership rules. In the brief, the Commission’s majority, with Commissioner Michael J. Copps dissenting, supported former-Chairman Kevin Martin’s 2007 decision to relax the Newspaper Broadcast Cross-Ownership (NBCO) rule in the nation’s top [...]

You may not have heard of Harbinger Capital Partners, but they may or may not become major players in the broadband ecosphere.  When Harbinger agreed to an aggressive schedule for build out of a billion neutral, open wholesale network, AT&T and Verizon objected because they can’t benefit from it.  (MAP supported Harbinger.)  If Harbinger [...]