New Look at US Communications Law

Harold Furchtgott-Roth, Director, Center for the Economics of the Internet, Hudson Institute and Adjunct Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School, USA with Kirk R. Arner, formerly Legal Fellow and Arielle Roth, formerly Legal Fellow, Hudson Institute, USA

• ContentsPreface 1 The development of a separate body of communications law 2 The transformation of the “public interest” in UScommunications law 3 Common carriage: the once, and potentially future, form ofcommunications regulation 4 Empirical status and regulation of common carriercommunications services before the Communications Act of1934 5 The history and economics of the Communications Act of 1934 6 Title I and the structure of the Communications Act of 1934 7 Regulation of common carriers under the originalCommunications Act of 1934 8 Does the FCC favor or impede incumbents? Evidence fromcommon carriage regulation and the tale of two monopoliesfrom 1934–96 9 The Telecommunications Act of 1996 and subsequentamendments 10 Title III: radio communications11 Changes in Title III 1935–present: gilding the lily 31012 Copyrights, communications, and MVPDs 13 Broadband and the internet 14 Privacy and personal information 15 Antitrust and communications law 16 Communications law and the First Amendment Glossary

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