September 2, 2020

ICLE Pole Attachment Comments

Kristian Stout & Ian Adams

I.        Introduction Thank you for the opportunity to comment on this important, though often underappreciated, issue. All parties concerned believe that rural broadband connectivity must remain a top priority for…

Telecommunications

October 18, 2018

Amicus Brief, Mozilla v. FCC

Geoffrey A. Manne & Gus Hurwitz & Kristian Stout

ICLE filed a  brief in support of Petitioners in the D.C. Circuit case, Mozilla v. FCC, a case that challenged the FCC's authority to issue the Restoring Internet Freedom Order ("RIFO").

Telecommunications

April 25, 2016

Opening Pandora’s set-top box: ICLE’s comments on the FCC’s “unlocking the box” NPRM

Geoffrey A. Manne

On Friday the the International Center for Law & Economics filed comments with the FCC in response to Chairman Wheeler’s NPRM (proposed rules) to “unlock” the MVPD (i.e., cable and…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

February 3, 2016

Amicus Brief, Fox Television Stations, Inc. v. Aereo Killer LLC, 9th Circuit

Geoffrey A. Manne

Although the immediate question presented in this case is whether Internet-based retransmission services are eligible for the compulsory license made available by Section 111 of the Copyright Act, this statute does not exist in a vacuum.

Intellectual Property

April 6, 2015

Reply Comments, Deployment of Adv. Telecommunications Services, FCC

Geoffrey A. Manne & Ben Sperry & Berin Szoka & Tom Struble

"Promoting broadband deployment should be the overarching goal of everything the FCC does. To that extent, we applaud the Commission for finding time to include an eleven (11) - paragraph Notice of Inquiry about how promote broadband deployment in its new Broadband Progress Report..."

Telecommunications

September 29, 2014

Reply Comments, NC & TN Petitions Restricting Municipal Broadband

Geoffrey A. Manne & Ben Sperry & Berin Szoka & Tom Struble

"The International Center for Law and Economics (ICLE) and TechFreedom filed initial comments in these proceedings urging the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) not to preempt the state laws at issue in North Carolina and Tennessee..."

Telecommunications

September 15, 2014

Reply Comments, In the Matter of Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet

Geoffrey A. Manne & Ben Sperry & Berin Szoka & Tom Struble

"Any new rules issued by the Commission should not be based on Title II. For the reasons we explained in our comments, we believe re-opening Title II would be a disaster in ways that Title II proponents do not seem to understand – or, at least, have not been willing to seriously discuss."

Telecommunications

August 29, 2014

Comments, NC & TN Petitions Restricting Municipal Broadband Networks

Geoffrey A. Manne & Ben Sperry & Berin Szoka & Tom Struble

"On July 24th, 2014, the Electric Power Board (EPB) of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and the City of Wilson, north Carolina, filed separate petitions with the Federal Communications Commission..."

Telecommunications

July 16, 2014

Net Neutrality Regulation is Bad for Consumers and Probably Illegal

Geoffrey A. Manne

TechFreedom and the International Center for Law & Economics will shortly file two joint comments with the FCC, explaining why the FCC has no sound legal basis for micromanaging the Internet—now called “net neutrality regulation”—and why such regulation would be counter-productive as a policy matter.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection