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Net neutrality and antitrust
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 17:33:54 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Gerry Faulhaber <gerry-faulhaber () mchsi com> Date: July 5, 2006 3:18:08 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: [IP] Net neutrality and antitrust Dave [for IP]This is indeed the path we suggested...sort of. Perhaps Vint was misquoted, but the news article makes him look like he expects the DoJ to bring his antitrust case for him when he asks for it. This is very unlikely to happen, unless a BB ISP is egregiously anticompetitive. If Google wants relief under A/T law, they will almost surely have to file a private case. This is not unusual; private A/T cases are rather common.
The last time private firms lobbied the (Clinton) DoJ to institute an antitrust case was when Sun and Netscape whined about Microsoft; I suspect the DoJ folks don't see that as a great success, and are maybe not so likely to be the industry's cat's paw again.
Professor Gerald R. Faulhaber Business & Public Policy Dept. Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104 Professor of Law University of Pennsylvania Law School ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Farber" <dave () farber net> To: <ip () v2 listbox com> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 10:11 AM Subject: [IP] Net neutrality and antitrust
seems that is the path we suggested Begin forwarded message: Google says bill could spark antitrust fight Vint Cerf, a Google vice president and one of the pioneers of the Internet, warned that his company won't hesitate to file antitrust complaints in the United States if high-speed Internet providers abuse the market power they could receive from U.S. legislators. There's still room for political maneuvering on both sides of the Net neutrality argument before a bill gets passed.http://ct.zdnet.com/clicks?t=2802573- cf4eb2b70d07133033c66f1cdd38477f- bf&s=5&fs=0------------------------------------- You are subscribed as gerry-faulhaber () mchsi com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ipArchives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting- people/
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