Marvin Ammori

“Under the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Tumblr, YouTube, Reddit, WordPress, and Facebook aren't responsible for the copyright infringement of each of their millions of users, so long as they take down specific posts, videos, or images when notified by copyright holders. But copyright holders thought that wasn't good enough.”

“Even though the Internet touches every part of our lives, one person is to blame for potentially destroying its potential for innovation and freedom of expression: former FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski.”

“The iPhone will forever be associated with the inventive genius of Steve Jobs and Silicon Valley. But the roots of innovation can be traced back - from one genius to another, at least - back to the genius who put the phone in iPhone: Alexander Graham Bell.”

“Both Republicans and Democrats can agree that more choices and lower prices in transportation would benefit consumers. Democrats would consider it 'smart government' and Republicans 'limited government.'”

“President Obama is a big supporter of keeping the Internet open. During his presidential campaign, he pledged his support to net neutrality repeatedly.”

“The CEO of AT&T told an interviewer back in 2005 that he wanted to introduce a new business model to the Internet: charging companies like Google and Yahoo! to reliably reach Internet users on the AT&T network.”

“As each year and debate passes, more broadband companies will start to see that their future lies not in restricting an open Internet but in betting on it.”

“Liability limit has become a symbol of corporate greed in passing the risk of disaster to the U.S. government and U.S. citizens.”

“On the Internet, speed matters. According to research by Microsoft, Google, and others, if a website is even 250 milliseconds slower than a rival, people will visit it less often.”

“Before the Internet, we were in a different sort of dark age. We had to wait to hear news on TV at night or in print the next day. We had to go to record stores to find new music. Cocktail party debates couldn't be settled on the spot.”

“There is just one exception to the FCC's no-throttling rule - if a company can prove that throttling is 'reasonable network management.'”

“Companies like Pinterest and Twitter did not become sensations because of Google search but because of the many ways users find out about great sites.”

“The Supreme Court has crafted doctrines such as 'fair use,' which permits copying materials for criticism, parody, and transformative uses, and has ruled that abstract ideas are not subject to copyright, because courts will not punish people for merely using an abstract concept in speech.”

“Political institutions are fair game in political debates in a democracy. Nothing is more fair game, in fact, than political matters of public concern.”

“Internet users should be able to choose where to go online and which applications to use. Comcast, say, shouldn't be allowed to block Skype just because it could siphon the communications giant's telephone business.”

“Encourage public schools to teach American children how to code just after they learn to multiply.”

“I'm all in favor of the FTC investigating companies when it believes there is proper cause to do so. An investigation, however, can lead to political pressure to bring a case, even if such a case is unwarranted.”

“The Internet isn't just itself a revolution - it sometimes starts them, too.”

“'Bush v. Gore' gave us a president who lost the popular vote, eventually appointed two more justices, and led us into a war of choice while failing to regulate a financial system dependent on toxic mortgage-backed derivatives.”

“The first devices to record and play back music were the phonograph and the gramophone. The gramophone's inventor: Alexander Graham Bell.”