Cyberlaw Central

AUGUST 13, 2011

In talking to them, it quickly becomes obvious that many of them have not secured their wireless network properly. Most wireless routers come out of the box with the default setting of being wide open, i.e. with no security, so anyone can use the connection who is within range of it. A good way to find out how to secure your own wireless network is to search Google with the terms “how to secure wireless network” along with the manufacturer’s name or model number of the device.

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THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

which touts a wireless headset that. By Eriq Gardner LucasFilm has filed a $5 million trademark lawsuit against a company marketing a technology that allows users to control computer applications directly with their minds. The defendant is Jedi Mind, Inc.,

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Media Law Prof Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

From the FCC The Federal Communications Commission today released the first in a series of reports by the Office of Engineering & Technology Laboratory which looked at trends in cutting-edge wireless devices. The report showed the following: · The number

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Music Technology Policy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

But now that Fiber’s workforce is being cut by 50% and it’s changing to a wireless strategy, what does that mean for Nashville and other Fiber cities to-be? via Google Fiber Goes Wireless–Where Does That Leave Nashville? Nashville is one of the cities who was in early on Google Fiber–Google’s much vaunted gigabit fiber to the premises Internet service.

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Media Law Prof Blog

JANUARY 29, 2013

Canada's Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has published a draft code for wireless communications that covers consumer contracts, including early termination fees, and is now asking Canadians for their comments on these guidelines.

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Media Law Prof Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2013

The FCC is accepting public comments on its proposal to expand access to mobile wireless services on aircraft in flight. According to a press release dated December 12, 2013, the FCC has initiated a proceeding to consider a proposal that

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Broadcast Law Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2011

The FCC approved the first database manager for TV white spaces devices - those wireless communications devices that will operate in the spectrum currently used by broadcast television, operating on channels not in use in a given area and supposedly avoiding interference to the reception of over-the-air television stations. Today's Public Notice specifically addresses how wireless microphone users need to register with the FCC to be protected from interference.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JULY 22, 2010

While it's summer in Washington and things should slow down, the discussion of the need for wireless spectrum for broadband, and the related question of whether to reclaim television spectrum for that use, continues unabated. The White House recently issued a Presidential Memorandum supporting the idea that the FCC free up 500 mhz of spectrum for wireless broadband purposes.

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Broadcast Law Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2011

The battle over the reclamation of television spectrum for wireless broadband rages on, and some in the television industry fear that the future of over-the-air television may be sacrificed to Congressional attempts to reduce the Federal deficit. With tablets and smartphone usage growing quickly, and the ever-increasing demands for wireless spectrum to deliver video, audio and other rich internet content, the Commission fears a spectrum shortage – especially in certain urban markets.

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 26, 2009

Remarks several weeks ago by FCC Chair Julius Genachowski suggesting that the FCC might want to look at content regulation beyond the broadcast medium, a view reiterated in an interview yesterday in TV NewsCheck , also suggest that concerns about the exposure of children to indecency and other troubling programming on cable, online and by wireless devices may lead the FCC into unprecedented extensions of its regulation of entertainment content beyond the broadcast media.

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New Media and Technology Law

MARCH 14, 2011

Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, filed a lengthy complaint on March 7, 2011, against mobile marketing entities that have conducted short code marketing campaigns on its network. The marketers must disclose to the wireless carrier (in this case, Verizon) the URL of the opt-in Web page, so that the Web site can be checked for compliance with disclosure requirements. Electronic Direct Marketing MMA Guidelines Verizon Wireless cellco mobile marketing

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 18, 2011

The debate over repurposing some of the television spectrum for wireless broadband have been raging over the normally quiet Washington summer, as issues as diverse as the budget negotiations, the tenth anniversary of 9-11 and international treaties all play their part in the discussions. The FCC has been pursuing the idea of repurposing some of the television spectrum for wireless broadband use since well before the Broadband Report was issued last year.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JULY 22, 2010

While it's summer in Washington and things should slow down, the discussion of the need for wireless spectrum for broadband, and the related question of whether to reclaim television spectrum for that use, continues unabated. The White House recently issued a Presidential Memorandum supporting the idea that the FCC free up 500 mhz of spectrum for wireless broadband purposes.

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Broadcast Law Blog

APRIL 3, 2012

Broadband Report Class A television Digital Television Low Power Television/Class A TV Television children's programming reports class A TV reallocation of TV spectrum for wireless broadband repacking of TV spectrumWhile the FCC has not yet started a proceeding to set rules for the auction of television spectrum for broadband purposes, the Commission is taking steps to clear the spectrum in other ways.

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Broadcast Law Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

The FCC today started an examination of the future of the spectrum currently used by broadcast television, beginning the formal process of implementing the ideas raised in its Broadband Plan of repurposing some of that spectrum for use by wireless broadband technologies. In the initial presentation made about the NPRM, it was stated that the principal issues to be addressed in the NPRM were: Allowing new primary allocations in the television spectrum for fixed and mobile wireless users.

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Broadcast Law Blog

APRIL 29, 2016

That means, that if the Incentive Auction is completed in the initial stage with the 126 MHz spectrum clearing target, TV channels 30-36 and 38-51 will be reallocated for mobile broadband and unlicensed wireless services , leaving UHF channels 14-29 for broadcast TV stations (along with VHF channels 2-13 which are not being auctioned). Channel 37 will remain allocated for wireless medical telemetry and radioastronomy services, with unlicensed services permitted.

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Broadcast Law Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2015

The FCC seems to almost daily be issuing orders in the incentive auction proceeding , looking to the filing of applications in December by TV stations ready to give up their spectrum to the FCC so that it can be repackaged and resold to wireless users. The FCC decided that a wireless operator commences operations (meaning that any LPTV station or TV translator that interferes with such station must cease operations) when the wireless operator “conducts site commissioning tests.”

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 20, 2009

The agenda contains two Notices of Inquiry involving Wireless Telecommunications matters, as well as a Notice of Inquiry Notice of Inquiry about protecting American consumers by ensuring sufficient access to information about communications services. The Commission today announced the agenda for its August 27, 2009 FCC Open Meeting.

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 22, 2011

Channel 51 is immediately adjacent to the parts of the television bands that were reclaimed for wireless uses during the DTV transition. Wireless users, including CTIA and the Rural Cellular Association, have sought to restrict use of Channel 51 because of the potential for interference to the wireless users in these new wireless frequencies. The FCC today froze all applications for TV channel 51 by both applicants for full-power and low power facilities.

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JetLawBlog

JUNE 24, 2010

The wireless industry, which lobbied hard against the passage of the law, argues that a warning or label on cell phones will only serve to confuse consumers. San Francisco has once again waded into a controversial debate by passing novel legislation.

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Media Law Prof Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

New from Palgrave Macmillan: Kate Murphy, Behind the Wireless: A History of Early Women at the BBC (2017). Behind the Wireless tells the story of women at the BBC in the 1920s and 30s.

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Broadcast Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

The FCC's long-awaited White Spaces decision , revisiting its authorization of the operation of unlicensed wireless devices in the television spectrum (see our summaries of the intial order here and here ), has finally been released. One minor correction including in the database that will be used by wireless devices to protect stations from interference will be included - information on a television station's antenna beam tilt.

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Broadcast Law Blog

MARCH 16, 2010

Facilitating the deployment of ubiquitous, dependable wireless broadband service is identified as a fundamental goal of the Commission’s proposals. The authors of the Commission’s report have viewed the problems experienced by some wireless broadband providers in major markets as indicative of a coming shortage in wireless capacity. These include the Wireless Communications Service (WCS) and Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) spectrum.

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Broadcast Law Blog

APRIL 14, 2011

The FCC has granted a one week extension for reply comments in the proceeding looking to take many of the preliminary steps toward incentive auctions by which the FCC would reclaim parts of television spectrum for use by wireless broadband companies. This remains a very hot issue, with the FCC officials who attended the NAB Conference clearly pushing the agenda advanced in the Broadband Plan to reclaim some of the television spectrum for wireless uses.

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Broadcast Law Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

A year after the FCC issued its order adopting the " White Spaces " proposals (about which we wrote here and here ), to allow wireless devices to operate in unused portions of the television band on a non-interference basis, the FCC took its first steps toward actual implementation of that order by issuing a request for Proposals from entities wishing to be considered for the position of Database Manager.

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JetLawBlog

MAY 24, 2010

Toronto woman sues telecommunications giant Roger Wireless, Inc. Microsoft Twitter patent webcam spy software Jerry O'Connell law school CRM Matisse Picasso Paris museum Dalai Lama Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences GoDaddy.com Roger Wireless Toronto

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JetLawBlog

APRIL 9, 2010

In addition, it will allow Apple to take advantage of its acquisition of Quattro Wireless, another advertising service. What a twist! Today, Apple announced the new features of the iPhone 4 OS.

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Broadcast Law Blog

MAY 31, 2011

In another example of how seriously the FCC is considering the reallocation of portions of the TV spectrum for wireless broadband use , the Commission today issued a Public Notice freezing any new petitions for changes in the channels of television stations. Yet, as the FCC is looking at implementing its plan to recapture portions of the television spectrum for use by wireless broadband, this freeze has now been adopted.

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Broadcast Law Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2009

An article from TV NewsCheck last week reported on an approach by an FCC representative to television operators, floating an idea that the FCC would "buy" TV spectrum from existing television station operators , and repurpose that spectrum for wireless users - presumably some sort of wireless broadband. The theory of unwiring looked at the growing demands of wireless data networks for more and more bandwidth.

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Broadcast Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

On the tentative agenda released recently for the next open Commission meeting, to be held next Thursday, September 23rd, the Commission has included an item entitled: " TV White Spaces Second MO&O : A Second Memorandum Opinion and Order that will create opportunities for investment and innovation in advanced Wi-Fi technologies and a variety of broadband services by finalizing provisions for unlicensed wireless devices to operate in unused parts of TV spectrum."

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Broadcast Law Blog

JANUARY 5, 2011

Spectrum issues have been the dominant TV concerns in past years, first with the digital transition, and more recently with the "white spaces" rulemaking and the proposals advanced as part of the FCC's Broadband Plan to reclaim part of the TV spectrum for wireless broadband uses. Every year, about this time, I dust off the crystal ball to offer a look at the year ahead to see what Washington has in store for broadcasters.

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 27, 2009

Studio Transmitter Links (STL) and Remote Pickups (RPU) have for several years been licensed through the FCC's Wireless Bureau, rather than through the Media Bureau. Unlike a grant of authority to construct a broadcast station, where the new authorization is granted in the form of a construction permit, when the Wireless Bureau grants a new authorization, it is in the form of a license.

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Broadcast Law Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

Despite his lack of interest in these VHF channels, the FCC seems to be looking at VHF as a way to facilitate its announced plans for the clearing of significant portions of the television spectrum for wireless broadband use. In opening television spectrum for wireless, the FCC has one significant problem, especially in congested areas like the Northeast.

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Broadcast Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

The other issue on the agenda that has received less press, and about which less is known, is changes to the rules on white-spaces devices , those wireless devices that have been authorized to operate on a non-interference basis in the portions of the TV band that are not being used in particular markets.

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Broadcast Law Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2014

There are more and more signs that the FCC is moving forward aggressively with its “incentive auction ” to purchase TV stations so that their licenses can be cancelled and their spectrum sold to and reused by wireless companies for wireless broadband purposes. These are by no means guaranteed payments, but instead are based on the assumption that the FCC will receive value from wireless operators of approximately $1.50

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Media Law Prof Blog

JUNE 20, 2016

The FCC Chair discusses virtual reality, the history of wireless networks, and the promise of 5G Prepared remarks of FCC Chair Tom Wheeler before the National Press Club, June 20, 2016.

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Broadcast Law Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

We wrote about the discussion of re-purposing some or all of the television spectrum for wireless broadband users. The Commission is worried about the future of the broadcast media, and they are trying to figure out what they can do. The last two weeks have been full of news about actions being taken by the FCC which may or may not lead to a reshaping of broadcasting as we know it.

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Broadcast Law Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

These orders appear to be implementing a long-rumored get-tough policy on Class A TV stations, as the FCC prepares to clear portions of the TV spectrum to auction it for use by wireless broadband providers, in accordance with the authorizing legislation we wrote about last week. In spectrum-congested markets, it could well be a matter of life or death, as LPTV stations may not survive spectrum repacking and a wireless auction, while Class A TV stations will remain protected.

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Media Law Prof Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Fees for commercial wireless services? Want to check out what the regulatory fees for cable are? Here you go. Right here. International and satellite services? Interstate telecommunications service provider fees? All fact sheets provided by the FCC

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Broadcast Law Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Last week, we wrote that the FCC is going ahead with a rulemaking looking at how broadband needs may require some reallocation of the TV spectrum to wireless uses. LPTV and translator stations still operating on channels 52 through 69, which have already been reallotted for wireless uses, can also file displacement applications during the freeze.

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Media Law Prof Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

From the New York Times: now that the FCC has announced the 4G wireless network LightSquared cannot move forward, does it have a future? More here from BusinessWeek

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Broadcast Law Blog

JANUARY 27, 2011

Protected entities include TV stations, LPTV stations and TV translators, cable and satellite receive locations, certain wireless microphone users, and the paths between TV stations and translators. Digital Television On Line Media Television White spaces database manager wireless devices in the television spectrumThe Commission today released an Order conditionally designating 9 companies to be database administrators for white spaces devices.

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Broadcast Law Blog

MARCH 15, 2011

A summary of the FCC's proceeding to determine how incentive auctions would work to clear space in the TV spectrum for wireless broadband, and on making VHF channels more useful for digital television. General FCC Great Lakes Broadcasting Conference Michigan Association of broadcasters Society of Broadcast Engineers engineers for broadcast stations reallocation of TV spectrum for wireless broadband white spaces

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