Vermischte Lesehinweise (23): Schwerpunkt USA

Die FCC hat gestern (mit 3:2 Stimmen) neue Regeln zur Netzneutralität angenommen, die niemanden recht glücklich machen (FCC-Chairman Genachowski spricht das in seinem Statement auch an: "To some, unless their test is met, open Internet rules are 'fake net neutrality.' To others, unless their test is met, open internet rules are 'a government takeover of the Internet.' For myself, I reject both extremes ..."); die "Rules" selbst sind noch nicht online, die wichtigsten Passagen finden sich aber in der Presseaussendung (Word Dokument): Rule 1: Transparency: A person engaged in the provision of broadband Internet access service shall publicly disclose accurate information regarding the network management practices, performance, and commercial terms of its broadband Internet access services sufficient for consumers to make informed choices regarding use of such services and for content, application, service, and device providers to develop, market, and maintain Internet offerings Rule 2: No Blocking: A person engaged in the provision of fixed broadband Internet access service, insofar as such person is so engaged, shall not block lawful content, applications, services, or non-harmful devices, subject to reasonable network management. A person engaged in the provision of mobile broadband Internet access service, insofar as such person is so engaged, shall not block consumers from accessing lawful websites, subject to reasonable network management; nor shall such person block applications that compete with the provider’s voice or video telephony services, subject to reasonable network Rule 3: No Unreasonable Discrimination: A person engaged in the provision of fixed broadband Internet access service, insofar as such person is so engaged, shall not unreasonably discriminate in transmitting lawful network traffic over a consumer’s broadband Internet access service. Reasonable network management shall not constitute unreasonable discrimination. Beiträge zur Netzneutralität finden sich auf der neuen Online-Ergänzung zur Yale Law and Policy Review, Inter Alia: von Dawn C. Nunziato (The First Amendment Issue of Our Time), Jonathan Zittrain (Net Neutrality as Diplomacy), Frank Pasquale (Search, Speech, and Secrecy: Corporate Strategies for Inverting Net Neutrality Debates) und Susan Crawford (The Looming Cable Monopoly) E. Donald Elliott, Chevron Matters: How the Chevron Doctrine Re-Defined the Roles of Congress, Courts and Agencies in Environmental Law (schon aus 2005, aber erst seit kurzem auf SSRN); ein interessanter Beitrag vor allem zum Verhältnis zwischen Experten/Sachverständigen einerseits und Juristen andererseits in Regulierungsbehörden (vor dem Hintergrund der Chevron-Entscheidung des US Supreme Court) Rachel E. Barkow, Insulating Agencies: Avoiding Capture Through Institutional Design Rebecca Tushnet, Attention M…