One goal of law - as we learn in law school from the first day of contracts - is to deter bad… — Marvin Ammori Bad behavior Copy Share Image
I have worked on open Internet, speech, and entrepreneurship issues for years. — Marvin Ammori Business Copy Share Image
Without network neutrality, cable and phone companies could stifle innovation. — Marvin Ammori Could Copy Share Image
Regardless of the industry, antitrust law is meant to benefit consumers - not competitors. — Marvin Ammori Antitrust Copy Share Image
The Internet freedom issue we need to focus on is network neutrality. — Marvin Ammori Focus Copy Share Image
Charter hired me - which, to be honest, took some humility on its part, since I have helped lead public campaigns against… — Marvin Ammori Commitment Copy Share Image
Data can generally travel the speed of light unless networks are congested. When there's congestion, usually the cheapest and best thing is… — Marvin Ammori Best Copy Share Image
Today, in 2011, I'm giving Secretary Hillary Clinton the nod as the Obama Administration's improbable MVP in the technology realm. — Marvin Ammori Giving Copy Share Image
President Obama is a big supporter of keeping the Internet open. During his presidential campaign, he pledged his support to net neutrality… — Marvin Ammori Big Copy Share Image
Net neutrality is the right thing for our democracy, economy, and global competitiveness. And Americans support an open Internet. — Marvin Ammori Democracy Copy Share Image
In 2007, when I was a lawyer for the public interest group Free Press, I helped draft the complaint to the FCC… — Marvin Ammori Draft Copy Share Image
Evidence and economic theory suggests that control of the Internet by the phone and cable companies would lead to blocking of competing… — Marvin Ammori Control Copy Share Image
I'm all in favor of the FTC investigating companies when it believes there is proper cause to do so. An investigation, however,… — Marvin Ammori Case Copy Share Image
Net neutrality is the idea that Internet service providers (ISPs) should treat all traffic that goes through their networks the same, not… — Marvin Ammori Internet Copy Share Image
The FCC banned throttling for good reason, namely that Internet service providers should not bias their networks toward some applications or classes… — Marvin Ammori Good Copy Share Image
If a company is not a monopoly, then the law assumes market competition can restrain the company's actions. No problem. If a… — Marvin Ammori Business Copy Share Image
By definition, the Singularity means that machines would be smarter than us, and, in their wisdom, they can innovate new technologies. The… — Marvin Ammori Computers Copy Share Image
The iPhone will forever be associated with the inventive genius of Steve Jobs and Silicon Valley. But the roots of innovation can… — Marvin Ammori Forever Copy Share Image
In 1984, the Federal Trade Commission released a report that explained why taxis could charge customers exorbitant prices for dismal service. The… — Marvin Ammori Competition Copy Share Image
The current FCC chairman, Tom Wheeler, is highly regarded, but some distrust him because he is the former head lobbyist of both… — Marvin Ammori Current Copy Share Image
Net neutrality sounds wonky and technical but is actually quite simple. It would keep the Internet as it has always been -… — Marvin Ammori Go Copy Share Image
Charter's merger sales pitch is pretty straightforward: it argues that it has always been too small to bully Internet companies, TV makers,… — Marvin Ammori Always Copy Share Image
Political institutions are fair game in political debates in a democracy. Nothing is more fair game, in fact, than political matters of… — Marvin Ammori Democracy Copy Share Image
Civil disobedience has almost always been about expression. Generally, it's nonviolent, as defined by Henry David Thoreau, Gandhi, and King. — Marvin Ammori Always Copy Share Image
The Open Internet principles were not legal rules adopted by the FCC; they were effectively a press statement posted on the FCC… — Marvin Ammori Internet Copy Share Image
Companies like Pinterest and Twitter did not become sensations because of Google search but because of the many ways users find out… — Marvin Ammori Find Copy Share Image
Net neutrality is the principle forbidding huge telecommunications companies from treating users, websites, or apps differently - say, by letting some work… — Marvin Ammori Better Copy Share Image
In the post-industrial economy, ideas and great minds often provide far greater return on investment than any other resources or capital investments. — Marvin Ammori Economics Copy Share Image
'Politico Magazine' listed me among the top 50 'thinkers, doers and visionaries transforming American politics' for my work in coalitions advancing net neutrality. — Marvin Ammori American Copy Share Image
On the Internet, speed matters. According to research by Microsoft, Google, and others, if a website is even 250 milliseconds slower than… — Marvin Ammori Google Copy Share Image
Much of my work strikes me as pretty unified: as a lawyer, working in several areas, I have thought about how to… — Marvin Ammori Communication Copy Share Image
Google pays advertisers based not just on payment per click but also by number of clicks. The interplay between the two sets… — Marvin Ammori Between Copy Share Image
Default choices often remain unchanged for no reason other than being the default, either because of this lack of information or humans'… — Marvin Ammori Choices Copy Share Image
In 2011, mobile data traffic in the United States was eight times the size of the entire global Internet in 2000. That's traffic. — Marvin Ammori Data Copy Share Image
Any 'network neutrality' rule should be designed to forbid phone or cable companies from controlling the Internet. — Marvin Ammori Controlling Copy Share Image
As each year and debate passes, more broadband companies will start to see that their future lies not in restricting an open… — Marvin Ammori Broadband Copy Share Image
The first-sale doctrine reflects basic common sense - and follows from the logic of treating copyrights and other 'intellectual property' with no… — Marvin Ammori Common sense Copy Share Image
The Startup Act should give all Americans, not just immigrants, a better shot at being tomorrow's engineers and entrepreneurs. And that opportunity… — Marvin Ammori Age Copy Share Image
Over the course of a year - from January 2014 to March 2015 - millions of Americans, hundreds of businesses, and dozens… — Marvin Ammori January Copy Share Image
