Speakers have been announced for FSF’s celebration of its Tenth Anniversary of its founding at the gala celebratory lunch on Wednesday, December 7, 2016, at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Speakers include Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn, Vice Chair, House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Republican Deputy Whip; Ajit Pai, FCC Commissioner; Michael O'Rielly, FCC Commissioner; Karyn Temple Claggett, Acting Register of Copyrights and Director of U.S. Copyright Office; and Daniel Lyons, Professor, Boston College Law School, and member of FSF's Board of Academic Advisors. We will reflect on the direction of law and policy over the Free State Foundation's first ten years - including this important anniversary year - while looking at the challenges ahead. A flyer with event details is here. Register here!
FSF will celebrate the Tenth Anniversary of its founding at a gala celebratory lunch on Wednesday, December 7, 2016, from 11:45 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. A complimentary lunch will be served, but you must register to attend.
Free State Foundation President Randolph May is the featured speaker at Emory University School of Law discussing the book coauthored by Mr. May and FSF Senior Fellow Seth Cooper, The Constitutional Foundations of Intellectual Property – A Natural Rights Perspective on November 2, 2016, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Free State Foundation President Randolph May will participate on the “Internet Privacy – The Rules of Engagement?” panel at the upcoming National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners’ 2016 Summer Committee Meetings on July 23 in Nashville, TN. As part of reclassifying basic Internet access service (BIAS) as a telecommunications service, the FCC issued a notice of proposed rulemaking on April 1, 2016, proposing detailed data privacy and security rules for BIAS providers. The panelists will address the issue of privacy when it comes to BIAS and identify issues of concern.
Free State Foundation President Randolph May and Senior Fellow Seth Cooper submitted reply comments on May 23, 2016, in the Federal Communications Commission's set-top box rulemaking proceeding. The comments explain why the FCC should reject unjustified calls for harmful, stringent regulation of video devices and apps.
Free State Foundation President Randolph May and Senior Fellow Seth Cooper submitted comments today to the Federal Communications Commission in response to the Commission's request for comments in its set-top box rulemaking proceeding. FSF stated its opposition to the FCC's backward-looking set-top box tech mandates, and that there is no market failure justifying the agency's costly proposal that jeopardizes intellectual property and privacy rights.
Free State Foundation President Randolph May testified April 20 at a hearing on "The Administrative State: An Examination of Federal Rulemaking" before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Mr. May critiqued four problematic aspects of the FCC's net neutrality rulemaking in his testimony.
Register now for the Free State Foundation's Eighth Annual Telecom Policy Conference on Wednesday, March 23, 2016, at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. An outstanding line-up of leading senior officials and prominent experts from government, industry, academia, and think tanks will discuss and debate the most important communications and Internet issues of the day, including broadband policy, the Open Internet Order appeal, video competition, Universal Service and Lifeline Reform, whether the FCC's actions conform to rule of law norms, and more. A flyer with the event details is here and the agenda is here.
On February 10, 2016, Free State Foundation President Randolph May participated in a forum on Intellectual Property and First Principles, presented by the Cato Institute's Center for Constitutional Studies and the Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies. A video of the panel’s session is here. With FSF Senior Fellow Seth Cooper, Mr. May is the co-author of The Constitutional Foundations of Intellectual Property.
Register now for the Free State Foundation’s Eighth Annual Telecom Policy Conference on Wednesday, March 23, 2016, at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. An outstanding line-up of leading senior officials and prominent experts from government, industry, academia, and think tanks will discuss and debate the most important communications and Internet issues of the day, including broadband policy, the Open Internet Order appeal, video competition, Universal Service and Lifeline Reform, whether the FCC's actions conform to rule of law norms, and more. Speakers include: Opening Keynoter Congressman Marsha Blackburn, Vice Chairman, House of Representatives, Energy and Commerce Committee; Meredith Baker, CTIA; Mignon Clyburn, FCC; Seth Cooper, FSF; Daniel Lyons, Boston College Law School and FSF; Randolph May, FSF; Walter McCormick, USTelecom; Maureen Ohlhausen, FTC; Michael O'Rielly, FCC; Michael Powell, NCTA; Robert Quinn, AT&T; Brad Ramsay, NARUC; Jonathan Sallet, FCC; Nicol Turner-Lee, MMTC; and Philip Verveer, FCC. Register here!
Free State Foundation President Randolph May will participate on a panel on February 16, 2016, at the NARUC Winter Committee Meetings. The panel will address Lifeline issues, including the extent to which the program should be extended to broadband services. The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to representing the state public service commissions who regulate the utilities that provide services such as energy, telecommunications, water, and transportation.
Free State Foundation President Randolph May will speak on February 10, 2016, at a forum on Intellectual Property and First Principles, presented by the Cato Institute's Center for Constitutional Studies and the Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies. With FSF Senior Fellow Seth Cooper, Mr. May is the co-author of The Constitutional Foundations of Intellectual Property. The panel will debate various conservative and libertarian points of view regarding the nature of intellectual property and the extent to which it should be safeguarded.
Free State Foundation President Randolph May will participate on a panel addressing regulatory issues raised in connection with the new sharing economy. The program, “Regulation of the Sharing Economy: Uber and Beyond,” sponsored by the Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice of the American Bar Association, will be presented at the 110th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Law Schools on January 8, 2016, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m., in New York City.