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	<title>Wetmachine &#187; Tales of the Sausage Factory</title>
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	<description>A group blog on telecom policy, software, science, technology, and writing</description>
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		<title>Tell Hollywood &#8220;Thou Shalt Not Put A Stumbling Block Before The [WIPO Treaty For The] Blind!&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://tales-of-the-sausage-factory.wetmachine.com/tell-hollywood-thou-shalt-not-put-a-stumbling-block-before-the-wipo-treaty-for-the-blind/</link>
		<comments>http://tales-of-the-sausage-factory.wetmachine.com/tell-hollywood-thou-shalt-not-put-a-stumbling-block-before-the-wipo-treaty-for-the-blind/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harold</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fighting the IP Mafia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tales of the Sausage Factory]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling-block before the blind, but thou shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD. &#8211; Lev. 19:14 In a few weeks, the 186 governments that are members of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will gather in Morocco with the goal of ratifying the Treaty For The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commissioner Pai: A &#8216;Consensus&#8217; Of Incumbents Without Consumers Is No Consensus And means Disaster For 600 MHz.</title>
		<link>http://tales-of-the-sausage-factory.wetmachine.com/commissioner-pai-a-consensus-of-incumbents-without-consumers-is-no-consensus-and-means-disaster-for-600-mhz/</link>
		<comments>http://tales-of-the-sausage-factory.wetmachine.com/commissioner-pai-a-consensus-of-incumbents-without-consumers-is-no-consensus-and-means-disaster-for-600-mhz/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 12:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harold</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spectrum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tales of the Sausage Factory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[600 MHz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[600 MHz Auction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aiit Pai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Band Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fcc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal communications commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Incentive Auction]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Wireless Bureau issued what should have been a fairly routine and highly technical Public Notice about possible alternative band plans for the 600 MHz Auction aka the Incentive Auction aka “that incredibly crazy, complicated deal Congress came up with last year where broadcasters sell back licenses to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Associated Press is shocked &#8211;SHOCKED &#8212; To Discover Government Cannot Be Trusted With Power to Spy</title>
		<link>http://tales-of-the-sausage-factory.wetmachine.com/associated-press-is-shocked-shocked-to-discover-government-cannot-be-trusted-with-power-to-spy/</link>
		<comments>http://tales-of-the-sausage-factory.wetmachine.com/associated-press-is-shocked-shocked-to-discover-government-cannot-be-trusted-with-power-to-spy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 22:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harold</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA["A Republic, if you can keep it"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How Democracy Works, Or Doesn't]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I Fear These Things]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tales of the Sausage Factory]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wetmachine.com/?p=4250</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dutch explorer and author Arthur Wichmann summed up the history of bungled exploration attempts of New Guinea with the phrase &#8220;Nothing learned, everything forgotten.&#8221; I find myself thinking of this phrase in light of the revelations that the Department of Justice (DoJ) asked for, and got, two-months of phone and data records for Associated Press [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Briefly on Bitcoin &#8212; There Is Nothing New Under The Sun.</title>
		<link>http://tales-of-the-sausage-factory.wetmachine.com/briefly-on-bitcoin-there-is-nothing-new-under-the-sun/</link>
		<comments>http://tales-of-the-sausage-factory.wetmachine.com/briefly-on-bitcoin-there-is-nothing-new-under-the-sun/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 11:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harold</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tales of the Sausage Factory]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wetmachine.com/?p=4239</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After lurking around for some years, Bitcoin has become quite the buzz. For those fortunate enough to have avoided Bitcoin mania to date, Bitcoin is a digital currency, best explained by Stephen Colbert. It has certain qualities that make it attractive to some people. Specifically, it is not associated with any government, and the algorithm that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Reactions To The FCC&#8217;s 600 MHz Band Plan Workshop.</title>
		<link>http://tales-of-the-sausage-factory.wetmachine.com/first-reactions-to-the-fccs-600-mhz-band-plan-workshop/</link>
		<comments>http://tales-of-the-sausage-factory.wetmachine.com/first-reactions-to-the-fccs-600-mhz-band-plan-workshop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 11:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harold</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spectrum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tales of the Sausage Factory]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was pleased to participate in the FCC&#8217;s 600 MHz auction (aka the Incentive Auction) band plan workshop last Friday. This was a pretty intense nerd-fest, with discussion limited as much as possible to real honest-to-God technical issues that arise with the band plan. While I knew some of this, the full scope of the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Would Tom Wheeler Really Have Approved The AT&amp;T/T-Mo Merger? Why I don&#8217;t Think So.</title>
		<link>http://tales-of-the-sausage-factory.wetmachine.com/would-tom-wheeler-really-have-approved-the-attt-mo-merger-why-i-dont-think-so/</link>
		<comments>http://tales-of-the-sausage-factory.wetmachine.com/would-tom-wheeler-really-have-approved-the-attt-mo-merger-why-i-dont-think-so/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 12:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harold</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life In The Sausage Factory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tales of the Sausage Factory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chairman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fcc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fcc chairman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal communications commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Wheeler]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After weeks of speculation, it now appears certain that President Obama will nominate Thomas Wheeler to replace Julius Genachowski as Chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), with Commissioner Mignon Clyburn to serve as acting until Wheeler’s nomination gets confirmed by the Senate. In recent weeks, Wheeler’s background as a lobbyist many years ago for first the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Google Fiber and the Next Stage In The Evolution of T. GOOG</title>
		<link>http://tales-of-the-sausage-factory.wetmachine.com/google-fiber-and-the-next-stage-in-the-evolution-of-t-goog/</link>
		<comments>http://tales-of-the-sausage-factory.wetmachine.com/google-fiber-and-the-next-stage-in-the-evolution-of-t-goog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harold</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Series of Tubes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tales of the Sausage Factory]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wetmachine.com/?p=4206</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in 2007, when Google was suddenly interested in the 700 MHz auction and everyone was speculating whether or not Google planned to enter the wireless business (and if so how badly it would fail), I wrote this piece about Google&#8217;s behavior. &#8220;Why Google Makes A Great Protozoa to Alter The Mobile Mice, But Are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Fear of Wireless Foreclosure &#8220;Speculative?&#8221; Depends. Is this About Intent Or Effect?</title>
		<link>http://tales-of-the-sausage-factory.wetmachine.com/is-fear-of-wireless-foreclosure-speculative-depends-is-this-about-intent-or-effect/</link>
		<comments>http://tales-of-the-sausage-factory.wetmachine.com/is-fear-of-wireless-foreclosure-speculative-depends-is-this-about-intent-or-effect/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harold</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spectrum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tales of the Sausage Factory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AT&T]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chopped]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fcc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spectrum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spectrum aggregation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spectrum cap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spectrum foreclosure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spectrum scree]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[verizon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wetmachine.com/?p=4195</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice  (DOJ) filed these comments with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the proceeding on spectrum aggregation limits (aka spectrum screen v. spectrum cap). The DOJ comments have some good stuff about the economics of the wireless industry and competition (in a theoretical way), and about why it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Right Cell Phone Policy In Boston.</title>
		<link>http://tales-of-the-sausage-factory.wetmachine.com/the-right-cell-phone-policy-in-boston/</link>
		<comments>http://tales-of-the-sausage-factory.wetmachine.com/the-right-cell-phone-policy-in-boston/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harold</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spectrum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tales of the Sausage Factory]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Associated Press reported that cell phone service had been shut down in Boston in the aftermath of today&#8217;s tragic Boston Marathon bombing. Happily, this report &#8212; sourced to an anonymous official &#8212; appears to be mistaken. Verizon and Sprint report that their networks are overwhelmed by the sudden spike in volume (common after a sudden disaster) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Walden Wipe Out DMCA and CISPA To Take Out Net Neutrality In The Name of &#8220;Internet Freedom?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://tales-of-the-sausage-factory.wetmachine.com/will-walden-wipe-out-dmca-and-cispa-to-take-out-net-neutrality-in-the-name-of-internet-freedom/</link>
		<comments>http://tales-of-the-sausage-factory.wetmachine.com/will-walden-wipe-out-dmca-and-cispa-to-take-out-net-neutrality-in-the-name-of-internet-freedom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harold</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[How Democracy Works, Or Doesn't]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Series of Tubes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tales of the Sausage Factory]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DMCA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eshoo]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[network neutrality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Walden]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology will begin mark up of the so-called “Internet Freedom Bill.” As explained in the Majority Briefing Memo, we’re still on about that whole “the ITU will take control of the Internet and black helicopters will come for out name servers” thing.”  Unfortunately, as keeps [...]]]></description>
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