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#109: Small Business and the Internet
While most people associate the structure of the Internet with major companies like AT&T and Comcast, the reality is that small and medium-sized business play...
#88: Regulating Fantasy Sports
How are states handling the controversial issue of regulating daily fantasy sports, including companies like DraftKings and FanDuel? As the industry has exploded in popularity,...
#50: Regulators Gonna Regulate
You may not know much about the most important agency in Washington when it comes to regulating new technologies. The Federal Trade Commission, or FTC...
#18: 20 Years of Internet Regulation
The 1996 Telecom Act turned twenty today — and was obsolete even before the ink was dry. Congress has tried and failed to update it,...
Rick Perry Supports States Rights — Except to Legalize Internet Gambling
Rick Perry has always claimed to be a supporter of states’ rights, federalism, the Tenth Amendment, etc. Yet he wants the federal government to bar...
Regulators cannot resist loving the Internet to death
This law also reminds us regulators cannot resist loving the Internet to death. California alone considered an astounding 215 bills containing the word “Internet” this legislative...