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Boucher takes Comcast to task

Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA) has taken notice of Comcast's tricks literally to squeeze out BitTorrent and other P2P traffic. In an interview with CNET's Crave blog, Boucher said the cable company has made a "major mistake." "The inability of customers to share files significantly diminishes their ability to utilize...

Tags: Comcast Corp., Rick Boucher, Boucher, Cable, Network Technology, Peer To Peer (P2P), Blogging, Internet, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking, Personal Technology, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-10-26

Boucher's route to network neutrality may run through the Judiciary Committee

Rep. Rick Boucher of Virginia told the Freedom2Connect conference today he will try to get strong network neutrality language into the Telecommunications Act rewrite going before a House committee tomorrow, and failing that will go after the Whitacre Tiering plan through the House Judiciary Committee.In answer to a question from...

Tags: Rick Boucher

Blog posts 2006-04-04

Sneaking through the broadcast flag?

Well, it looks like it was premature to call the broadcast flag dead for the year. According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation EFF, rumor has it that an amendment reviving the broadcast flag will be introduced Tuesday in the Senate Commerce, Justice, and Science sub-committee to be tacked on to...

Tags: Rick Boucher, Electronic Frontier Foundation, broadcast flag

Blog posts 2005-06-20

Congress asked to dilute copy lock laws

A proposal to defang a controversial copyright law becomes public, after more than a year of waiting and months of closed-door negotiations with potential supporters. A proposal to defang a controversial copyright law became public on Thursday, after more than a year of anticipation and months of closed-door...

Tags: Bill, U.S. Congress, Rick Boucher, DMCA, Boucher-Doolittle, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Declan McCullagh, Technology News

News items 2002-10-04

Online music services--anti-competitive?

Record industry execs and critics trade jabs at the Jupiter PlugIn conference, with a legislator saying major labels' online subscription services may amount to a 'duopoly.' NEW YORK--Record industry executives and critics are trading barbs at an industry conference this week, with an outspoken legislator...

Tags: MusicNet, Pressplay, Recording Industry, Online Music, Rick Boucher, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jim Hu, Technology News

News items 2002-07-08

DMCA attacks American copy 'rights'

The Virginia Congressman says the government has infringed on the American people's right to make convenient and incidental copies of copyrighted materials without prior consent. COMMENTARY--The American public has traditionally enjoyed the ability to make convenient and incidental copies of copyrighted works without obtaining the prior consent of copyright...

Tags: U.S. Congress, First Amendment, DMCA, Owner, Circumvention, Attack, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Rick Boucher, Technology News

News items 2002-01-31

Could CD-copying actually be legal?

A 1992 law states that listeners are allowed to make personal digital copies of their music. So are record companies' copy-protection efforts violating the law? Record companies' efforts to protect CDs against digital copying are beginning to draw scrutiny from lawmakers concerned that the plans might violate the law....

Tags: CD, Rick Boucher, John Borland, Software

News items 2002-01-04

Congressmen go to bat for MP3.com

A bipartisan coalition introduces a measure that could redefine copyrights in the digital age. Opponents say the bill was tailor-made for MP3.com. Michael Robertson's MP3.com Inc. has found some new friends on Capitol Hill. Four congressman have introduced bipartisan legislation that some say will end the...

Tags: MP3.com Inc., Rick Boucher, Michael Robertson, Ben Charny, Technology News

News items 2000-09-29

Copyrights put HDTV out of focus

House panel says copyright disputes has caused equipment makers to hold off on HDTV. WASHINGTON -- A senior Democrat on a House telecommunications panel urged the motion-picture industry and video-equipment manufacturers to reach agreement on digital copyright issues. Rep. Rick Boucher (D., Va.) said the impasse is delaying...

Tags: Industry, Rick Boucher, HDTV, Rep., Strategy, Digital Media, Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Mark Wigfield, Technology News

News items 1999-10-29

Net Caucus eyes future of the Net

A 'foundation act' will serve as a blueprint for the global development of the Internet. The Internet Caucus is developing "a broad foundation act," designed to act as a blueprint for the global development of the Internet, which could hit Congress as early as spring, said Caucus Co-chair Rep....

Tags: Broadband, Rick Boucher, Internet Caucus, Internet, Telecommunications, Joel Deane, Technology News

News items 1999-03-03

Interview: Net Caucus' Rick Boucher

The Virginia Democrat with big plans for Congress' Internet Caucus. WASHINGTON -- Hands on head, the Capitol dome looming through his office window, Rick Boucher leans back in his chair -- and, unwittingly, shows the faint-yellow stains beneath his shirt arms. All in all, an appropriate...

Tags: Rick Boucher, Internet, Joel Deane, Technology News

News items 1999-03-03

Interview: Net Caucus' Rick Boucher

Part Two ZDNN: Is this switch for the Internet Caucus, from education to legislation, partly due to the fact that Congress is more educated about tech issues? Boucher: Yes ... Congressman Rick White and I started [the Internet Caucus] together and the reason we formed it...

Tags: Information Technology, Republican, U.S. Congress, Rick Boucher, House, Internet, Y2K, Strategy, Management, ZDNN Staff, Technology News

News items 1999-03-03

Additional Resources

Verizon changes tune on handset exclusivity. Will AT&T follow? Will it even matter?

updated: Verizon is planning to loosen the noose on exclusivity deals with phone manufacturers, reducing the time of those deals to just a few months - a gesture to the lawmakers in Washington who are scrutinizing these exclusivity deals and what appears to be a public calling out of AT&T...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Verizon Communications Inc., Handset, AT&T Corp., Agreement, Verizon Wireless, Exclusivity, Carrier, Wireless, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-07-17

Net neutrality debate re-ignites

The recent blocking of BitTorrent by Comcast has re-ignited the network neutrality debate. Rep. Rick Boucher has called Comcast on the carpet, but AT&T has responded forcefully. They not only deny the need for network neutrality, they call it a positive harm, adding there is no...

Tags: Phone, Network, Comcast Corp., Duopoly, Net Neutrality, MuniWireless, Telecom & Utilities, Wi-Fi, Networking, Wireless, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-10-25

Bill would forbid laws against muni Wi-Fi

US Representatives Rick Boucher (R-Va.) and Fred Upton (R-Mich.) this week resurrected the Community Broadband Act of 2007 PDF. The measure to block state laws from preventing municipal Wi-Fi networks was part of last year's rewrite of the Telecommunications Act, which died in the Senate.rnArs Technica prognosticates that the bill...

Tags: Municipal Wi-Fi, Broadband, Wi-Fi, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-08-03

Bill would prevent states from blocking local Wi-Fi networks

As the battle between open access and corporate control rages on in a number of contexts (net neutrality, long-distance spectrum) U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va., has introduced a bill to keep states from putting up barriers to public broadband networks, reports Top Tech NewsBoucher says the Internet is not a...

Tags: State &, Local Govt, Municipal broadband

Blog posts 2007-07-18

Proposed federal shield for reporters now includes bloggers

A bill to create a federal reporters shield was amended recently to include coverage for bloggers, Ars Technica reports. Instead of requiring journalists to be tied to a news organization, the bill now defines "journalism" to focus more on the function of the job: "the gathering, preparing, collecting, photographing,...

Tags: Government technology, Congress

Blog posts 2007-05-08

FCC to decide fate of valuable wireless spectrum

The FCC will soon decide how much radio spectrum to reserve for a state-of-the-art emergency response system for police, firefighters and ambulance crews, The Wall Street Journal reports With broadcasters freeing up analog spectrum as they convert to digital, a battle is brewing between commercial interests and those that...

Tags: FCC, Mobile/wireless, Government technology

Blog posts 2007-04-06

Net neutrality, patents, broadband top new Congress's tech agenda

When the 110th Congress convenes next year, a number of tech-related initiatives will take center stage, Grant Gross writes for IDG News Service. Among them privacy, patents and network neutrality. Privacy and data breach notification With data breaches exploding all over the private and public sectors, there...

Tags: Universal Service Fund, Representative Rick Boucher, patent

Blog posts 2006-12-25

Domain name price hikes come under fire

A proposal would let VeriSign charge billions more for .com domains, but some are skeptical about its continued monopoly. WASHINGTON--A dispute over the cost of Internet domain names has spilled over onto Capitol Hill, where allegations of monopolization and unreasonable price hikes surfaced in a congressional hearing on Wednesday....

Tags: ICANN, Settlement, VeriSign Inc., U.S. Department Of Commerce, Domain Name, Hike, Security, Declan McCullagh, Web Technology

News items 2006-06-08