House Democrats and the Internet, Telecom Agenda

HOUSE DEMOCRATS AND THE INTERNET, TELECOM AGENDA
[SOURCE: IPDemocracy, AUTHOR: Cynthia Brumfield]
[Commentary] Over the past six years, under President Bush and a Republican House and Senate, the technology world has changed a million times over. Whether these changes were helped, hindered or allowed by the regulation, deregulation or lack of regulation by the Republican-dominated federal government is debatable, what's certain is that some things will change as the power shifts in the U.S. Congress. Brumfield over four predictions: 1) the Telecom Reform legislation debated this year is dead; 2) Net Neutrality will dominate the policy discussion; 3) the FCC will become even more divided and will have a hard time issuing any but the most mundane decisions; and 4) Hollywood's intellectual property issues will get even more attention.
http://techeffect.thedealblogs.com/2006/11/whats_on_the_dems_tech_agenda.php

* Shift Happened: How Might a Democrat-Controlled Congress Affect Media, Internet, Communications and Entertainment?
Jeff Pulver: "The shift in power tips the balance to the Net Neutrality forces and puts the Bells on the defensive for the first time since passage of the '96 Telecom Act' as they continue their efforts to obtain video franchising relief. Perhaps this means there is a potential compromise in the works -- video franchising relief for a more meaningful iteration of Net Neutrality?"
http://pulverblog.pulver.com/archives/005948.html