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The Ugly Truth Behind the FCC’s Verizon Spectrum Approval

August 24, 2012

TechFreedom’s Berin Szoka and the International Center for Law & Economics ’ Geoffrey Manne recently penned an op-ed for CNET detailing some of the problems...


FCC Approves Verizon/SpectrumCo Deal but Sets Dangerous Precedent for Future Deals

August 23, 2012

Today, the Federal Communications Commission approved with conditions Verizon’s purchase of currently unused spectrum from cable companies, along with Verizon’s sale of other spectrum to...


DOJ Approves Verizon/SpectrumCo Deal, Yet Sets Dangerous Precedent for Deal Conditions

August 16, 2012

Today, the Department of Justice approved Verizon’s purchase of radio spectrum from cable companies that had considered using it to build their own wireless network...


Verizon v. FCC – Net Neutrality Amicus Brief of TechFreedom, CEI, Free State Foundation & Cato

July 24, 2012

TechFreedom joined the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the Free State Foundation and the Cato Institute as amici curiae (friends of the court) in a brief (...


Europe’s Antitrust Charges Against Google Won’t Stick

June 21, 2012

In an  article  now online at Foreign Affairs, TechFreedom President Berin Szoka and International Center for Law and Economics Executive Director Geoffrey Manne explore the European...


UMG-EMI Deal Is No Threat To Innovation In Music Distribution

June 20, 2012

Everyone loves to hate record labels. For years, copyright-bashers have ranted about the “Big Labels” trying to thwart new models for distributing music in terms...