by Bartlett Cleland | Mar 7, 2024 | Competitiveness, Ecosystem, Emerging Technologies, Regulation, Reports & Briefings, Wireless
For a long time, mass entertainment was various forms of media that the public consumed passively. But the rise of the internet did not just disintermediate the entertainment industries we knew—changing the ways movies, music, and news were packaged and delivered—it...
by Bartlett Cleland | Feb 15, 2024 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Competitiveness, Ecosystem, Online Speech, Privacy, Security
Both state and federal legislators are actively pushing legislation designed to “protect our children online.” Of course, there is already a federal Children’s Online Privacy Act that regulates the online collection of personal information about children under 13...
by Innovation Economy Alliance | Dec 7, 2023 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Competitiveness, Ecosystem, Emerging Technologies, Regulation
The Texas foster care system is infamous for failing its wards. The system is so flawed that in 2015 it was found in violation of the 14th Amendment, which guarantees the right for people to be free from an unreasonable risk of harm while in government custody. The...
by Innovation Economy Alliance | Dec 13, 2022 | Competitiveness, Ecosystem, Regulation
On December 6, 2022 the Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI) hosted an important discussion regarding the whether the center-right should embrace enhanced antitrust state power. IPI says of the panel, “Increasingly, voices on the center-right, including...
by Innovation Economy Alliance | Mar 6, 2022 | Ecosystem
By Patrick Hedger Vladimir Putin thought he was taking advantage of a world too divided to do anything about his heinous vision to rebuild the evil empire the was the Soviet Union. So far, it seems like he grossly miscalculated. Much of the world has banded...
by Innovation Economy Alliance | Oct 19, 2021 | Broadband, Ecosystem
By Scott Wallsten, Tech Policy Institute In June 2021, Consumer Reports (CR) released the results of a nationally representative survey related to broadband use. Figure 1 below shows some interesting results from that survey. On the heels of that survey, CR launched...
by Innovation Economy Alliance | Sep 29, 2021 | Competitiveness, Ecosystem
On September 22, 2021 the Institute for Policy Innovation hosted an important discussion regarding the role of antitrust legislation in the modern economy. The panel addressed the questions of whether antitrust is appropriate for innovative industries and whether...
by Innovation Economy Alliance | Sep 9, 2021 | Ecosystem, Online Speech
On August 24, 2021 the Institute for Policy Innovation hosted a lively discussion regarding the role of government and industry when it comes to postings on social media platforms. Included in the discussion was the concept of whether the platforms are “common...
by Innovation Economy Alliance | Aug 5, 2021 | Broadband, Ecosystem
by Bartlett Cleland | Apr 27, 2021 | Broadband, Competitiveness, Ecosystem, Regulation
In discussion with IPI President Tom Giovanetti, Research Fellow Bartlett Cleland discusses the current state of broadband infrastructure and explains why enormous new federal spending on broadband is unnecessary and likely harmful. Click Here to Listen to the...
by Bartlett Cleland | Apr 27, 2021 | Competitiveness, Ecosystem, Intellectual Property, Property Rights, Trade & Globalization
In honor of World IP Day, IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Research Fellow Bartlett Cleland discuss why intellectual property protection is important, and why IPI hosts annual World IP Day Policy Briefings. Click Here to LISTEN to the...
by Innovation Economy Alliance | Mar 29, 2021 | Competitiveness, Ecosystem, Emerging Technologies, Online Speech, Regulation
Pacific Research Institute is proud to present a virtual debate on free speech and the role of social media in moderating online content. PRI brings together an unmatched team of experts including former Congressman Chris Cox, one of the original authors of Section...
by Innovation Economy Alliance | Mar 24, 2021 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Ecosystem
Businesses, or industry in general, can help the government help people outside of the traditional public-private partnership model. While some may dismiss this help or others may criticize efforts outside of the traditional models, businesses in certain scenarios can...
by Bartlett Cleland | Mar 23, 2021 | Broadband, Ecosystem, IEI post, Reports & Briefings
The broadband industry has invested billions of dollars in covering the country with ever faster, ever more ubiquitous broadband. From one generation of broadband to the next, the country continues to benefit from private industry best serving its customers with new...
by Innovation Economy Alliance | Mar 9, 2021 | Ecosystem
By Rick Santorum Republicans have long understood that the modern Democratic Party has little patience for free expression. Leftist speech police shut down debate on college campuses; biased media outlets like MSNBC lambasted President Trump’s language instead of...
by Bartlett Cleland | Dec 2, 2020 | Ecosystem
In a year like 2020 it can be easy to miss the wonder in so much around us, including the amazing innovations happening even during the adversity we have faced. However, without the proper public policy much of the advancement would have been slower at least, lost at...
by Innovation Economy Alliance | Nov 19, 2020 | Broadband, Competitiveness, Ecosystem, Online Speech, Regulation, Telecommunications, Wireless
On this episode of Policy Gone Viral, James Madison Institute’s Andrea O’Sullivan talks with Bartlett Cleland, Executive Director of the Innovation Economy Institute. Click Here to WATCH the...
by Bartlett Cleland | Nov 5, 2020 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Competitiveness, Ecosystem, Emerging Technologies, IT & Data Innovation, Regulation, Uncategorized
Frequent antitrust interventions into the economy have thankfully been out of fashion in recent years. However, about once a decade Washington uses government’s biggest hammer against industry, antitrust law, in an effort to smash a disfavored company. This is one of...
by Bartlett Cleland | Nov 5, 2020 | Competitiveness, Ecosystem, Privacy, Publications
PRI Senior Fellow in Tech and Innovation Bartlett Cleland joins us to discuss the California Consumer Privacy Act, which took effect on July 1. He discusses the serious flaws with the new law and how it will impact consumers and business owners, looks ahead to...
by Bartlett Cleland | Nov 5, 2020 | Competitiveness, Ecosystem, IT & Data Innovation, Privacy
On November 3, Californians will be asked to make a what appears to be a simple decision, that is, would they like to increase their privacy? However, where Proposition 24, to enable the California Privacy Rights and Enforcement Act is concerned, appearances are...
by Bartlett Cleland | Nov 5, 2020 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Broadband, Ecosystem
Pick nearly any state in the union and likely it has a large swath of rural area and population. Even California, which is rarely thought of as a “rural state,” is still physically more than half rural, with about four million residents living in those areas. Many...
by Bartlett Cleland | Nov 5, 2020 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, E-Government, Ecosystem, Regulation, Taxes & Budget
Last month the state of California began enforcing its expensive and heavy-handed new business privacy laws despite the economic burdens already borne by business because of COVID-19 and the government’s shut down of the economy. At $55 billion in compliance costs...
by Bartlett Cleland | Nov 5, 2020 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Competitiveness, Ecosystem, Regulation
Businesses were ordered to close. Schools were shuttered. People were told to stay home. Many believed that in a week or two life for the most part would return to normal and that COVID would be a bad memory. Now, four months later, California has not just halted...
by Bartlett Cleland | Jul 24, 2020 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Competitiveness, Ecosystem, Privacy
Businesses were ordered to close. Schools were shuttered. People were told to stay home. Many believed that in a week or two life for the most part would return to normal and that COVID would be a bad memory. Now, four months later, California has not just halted...
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