Posts tagged Al Franken

A Legal Look at the Comcast Case
Chris Riley
October 7, 2009

This week brings the latest round of filings in the court case involving the FCC's 2008 order punishing cable giant Comcast for interfering with legal peer-to-peer traffic. In its order, the agency found that Comcast's blocking violated federal law and did not constitute reasonable network management practices.

The Internet: It's Not a Truck, It's a Town Square
Sen. Al Franken
October 6, 2009

As you know, I got to the Senate a bit late.

But I didn’t get here too late. Because we’re debating issues of major consequence right now – health care, the economy, the course of the war in Afghanistan. And one of the issues you don’t hear about as much – but one that will impact our lives, our economy and, yes, the future of music – is Net Neutrality.

Sotomayor Questioned on Net Neutrality
Megan Tady
July 16, 2009

Sen. Al Franken’s (D-Minn.) debut grilling a Supreme Court nominee was no joke. He asked Judge Sonia Sotomayor this week about one of the most pressing issues of our time: Net Neutrality and the future of an open Internet.

What Sotomayor Could Mean for Network Neutrality and the First Amendment
Marvin Ammori
July 13, 2009

Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, will ask Judge Sonia Sotomayor questions this week and has said he will ask about network neutrality.