The South China Sea, a UK interest?

The race for CARES Act (taxpayer) broadband funds

By Johnny Kampis, Taxpayers Protection Alliance   As the race for broadband funds from the CARES Act heats up, policy experts and taxpayer advocates hope the money ends up in the right place to help close the digital divide.   The relief package, passed and signed into law in March, included $150 billion in relief […]

Newspaper: EU Copyright Law Stifles Innovation

  The LA Times published a scathing (well, impassioned) editorial arguing that the EU’s new Copyright Directive could squash small companies that promote aspiring music and movie creators.   To comply with the new law, everyone publishing content will need to employ sophisticated filtering technology that prevents such intolerable copyright abuses as parents sharing videos […]

Report touting municipal broadband makes a weak case

Johnny Kampis, Taxpayers Protection Alliance   Critics of municipal broadband eviscerated a recent report created by the Open Technology Institute (OTI), a cheerleader of government-owned networks (GON)s.   OTI released its annual Cost of Connectivity report last month, claiming that municipal networks (i.e. taxpayer-funded networks) are both cheaper and offer more robust speeds than the […]