Please don’t miss my new white paper that I will present Friday at a NetCompetition Capitol Hill event with the following well-known experts responding: Gene Kimmelman of Public Knowledge; Jeff Eisenach of the American Enterprise Institute; Mark Cooper of the Consumer Federation of America; and Hal Singer of the Progressive Policy Institute. (Event details are below for anyone who wishes to attend.)
The white paper -- “Thinking and Starting Anew: Modernizing Communications Law for American Consumers” -- has a simple but critically important premise: that consumers and not technology should be the organizing principle of any update of the Communications Act.
I believe you will find the two contrasting graphics particularly helpful:
- First, is a visual representation of the problem of technology-based communications law as an unstable foundation of temporary, shifting and obsolete layers based on static tech/market assumptions.
- Second, is a visual representation of the solution of consumer-centric communications law as a lasting foundation of enduring American consumer values that fosters the dynamism of innovation, competition and growth.
It also presents the main consumer harms of technology-based communications law; and concludes with a high-level summary of why the law needs modernizing.
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Event Details for those interested in attending.
“Thinking and Starting Anew: Modernizing Communications Law for American Consumers”
Join NetCompetition and an esteemed panel to discuss how Congress can best make consumers, not technology, the organizing principle of a 21st century Communications Act framework that serves and protects consumers while fostering dynamic innovation, competition, and growth in an evolving marketplace:
Where: 121 Cannon House Office Building, Washington DC 20515
When: Friday, April 4, 2014
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Presenter and Moderator: Scott Cleland, NetCompetition
Panelists:
- Gene Kimmelman, Public Knowledge
- Jeff Eisenach, American Enterprise Institute
- Mark Cooper, Consumer Federation of America
- Hal Singer, Progressive Policy Institute
Link to white paper is here.
Complimentary Lunch Provided
Please RSVP by clicking here.
