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Saturday, January 18, 2003
Spectrum vs. Sphincter 
| | Our views on radio spectrum are antique. We still see spectrum as something requiring a dial of fixed frequencies: Every "station" has a "channel" with "range" and "coverage." Very limited, very antique. Also very unnecessary. |
| | This is the wireless digital age. Cyberspace is wide open, literally. We have smart people wandering around the Commons, thinking of ways to make it exactly huge for everybody. Wirelessly. |
| | Right now these folks are collected around an issue they call Open Spectrum. And they have prepared an FAQ about it. One sample: |
| | An Open Spectrum policy would permit anyone to send signals across any range of spectrum without permission, with the minimum set of rules required to enable the success of a "wireless commons." |
Same Lemur, new blog
L.A. Story
Proposed: The Bixby Snyder Law
| | Larry Lessig has a clever workaround for the Sonny Bono all-copyrights-default-to-perpetuity law, recently upheld in the Eldred decision: Charge a "tiny tax," as low as $1.00, on all copyrights upwards of 50 years old, which their owners wish to keep out of the public domain. It's a great idea. In fact, I think it would be a politically smart move for Hollywood and the publishing industry to get behind it, so they're less than 100% hostile to the very idea of the public domain. |
| | Larry calls it The Eric Eldred Act. That's fine, but it's a bit too... memorial, perhaps. I think it needs a better hook. I propose calling it The Bixby Snyder Law. |
| | Bixby was the host of It's Not My Problem, the only show running on TV in the movie Robocop. Every time a TV appeared in the movie, there was Bixby, blurting his laugh line: I'll buy that for a dollar! |
Wi-Fli
| | Earth to United: Want to come back from the brink? Put wi-fi in your planes and Red Carpet Clubs It'll be a major attraction for frequent business flyers. |
| | It frosts me that I've got a lifetime membership in the Red Carpet Club (got it a long time ago when it was still gettable), and when I'm at the airports in Denver or Los Angeles, I have to go outside the club to find a wi-fi signal. |
There are responses to this message:WiFi in Red Carpet Clubs, Alan A. Reiter, 1/22/03; 8:41:22 PM Re: Saturday, January 18, 2003 -- WiFi in Red Carpet Clubs, Alan A. Reiter, 1/19/03; 2:07:07 PM Re: Saturday, January 18, 2003, lou josephs, 1/19/03; 12:59:05 PM
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