Yesterday, the largest cable company in the nation, Comcast, launched a product called Fancast Xfinity. Xfinity is the brand name of Comcast’s product, but the rest of the cable industry is planning to roll out something similar. They’re part of a cable-industry-wide initiative known in the…

Over the past few weeks, academics and lobbyists have been debating a First Amendment issue–namely, how the First Amendment applies to an Internet access rule called network neutrality (about the the rule, see here and here; about the First Amendment’s application, see here and Jack Balkin’s…

Apparently before the year is out, on Dec. 21, the Federal Communications Commission will issue rules to help shape the future of  the Internet. In fact, the FCC Chairman may be circulating those rules to fellow commissioners on Wednesday, tomorrow. These rules will decide how much control…