FC: Congress should be wary of content regs --Politech reader

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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Subject: Submission to Senate April 02
From: Brendan S <brendanscott () optusnet com au>
To: declan () well com
Date: 17 Jun 2002 00:18:03 +1000

Dear Declan

I attach a URL to my submission to the Senate Request for public comment
in relation to Protecting Creative Works in a Digital Age.  This is
coming in late (lodged in April), but I thought it might be of
interest.  Essentially I argue in the submission that promoting "rich
content" has been a poison pill for internet companies and that more
thought needs to be given at a policy level before the Senate endorses
additional protections for "rich content".

I give some examples of the effect of overemphasis on content has had on
direct investment (eg Excite@Home), telecommunications investment
(overengineering to anticipate quality of service needs for rich
content); network design (asymmetric upstream/downstream capacity) and
broadband pricing at the retail level.

The submission is available from:

http://www.members.optushome.com.au/brendanscott/submissions/BASsenatesub20220402.html

Regards

Brendan




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