An infrequent FCC filer weighed in against AllVid rules. The...
An infrequent FCC filer weighed in against AllVid rules. The Institute for Liberty (IFL), which last filed at the commission in April 2010 on net neutrality, said now that AllVid rules likewise are unneeded. IFL said it’s “puzzled that the…
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Commission is considering moving beyond its antiquated and heavy-handed CableCard regime to a new and even more intrusive AllVid paradigm,” given Chairman Julius Genachowski has said he wants to nix outdated rules (CD July 12 p10). “It makes little sense to repeat prior mistakes with AllVid,” IFL said. The Phoenix Center, another group that often opposes regulation, was right to ask the agency to use Section 629(e) of the Telecom Act to phase out retail video device rules, IFL said. Its filing was posted Wednesday to docket 10-91 (http://xrl.us/bk2mmp). The group didn’t comment at the behest of anyone, and doesn’t disclose donors, President Andrew Langer told us: He first heard of AllVid at a meeting of other politically conservative groups that often oppose regulation, and IFL “is starting to do more” on telecom issues. The Media Bureau has been holding off proposing AllVid rules.