@ChristopherTerr

@umn_hsjmc Associate Professor of Media Law. I teach 1st Amendment, @FCC, @FEC & @FTC policy for a living. Hostile opinions re: FCC policy failures are mine.

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Courts Invalidate USAC potsandpansbyccg.com/2026/10…

Courts Invalidate USAC

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that the FCC had exceeded its statutory authority  years ago when it established the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) to administer…

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: October 12, 2026 to October 16, 2026 broadcastlawblog.com/2026/10…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: October 12, 2026 to October 16, 2026

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information

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Supreme Court Delivers What Appears to be the Final Word on LUC for Political Parties and Joint Fundraising Committees Before the November Election – But Is a Constitutional Challenge to LUC the Next Battle? broadcastlawblog.com/2026/10…

Supreme Court Delivers What Appears to be the Final Word on LUC for Political Parties and Joint...

The question of whether ads from political parties and joint fundraising committees, when authorized by federal candidates, receive Lowest Unit Charge

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Some New Data on Age Authentication Balk Rates blog.ericgoldman.org/archive…

Some New Data on Age Authentication Balk Rates - Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The issue is: if a website imposes a government-compelled age authentication wall, what percentage of users will stop at the authentication wall, either because the users turn around or fail to...

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My Reddit AMA on the Law of Web Scraping blog.ericgoldman.org/archive…

My Reddit AMA on the Law of Web Scraping - Technology & Marketing Law Blog

On Friday, I did a Reddit AMA with the r/WebScrapingInsider subreddit about the law of web scraping. You can see the entire discussion here. I posted an introduction to the AMA, which I am sharing...

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: October 5, 2026 to October 9, 2026 broadcastlawblog.com/2026/10…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: October 5, 2026 to October 9, 2026

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information

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Solid metaphor. @FCC Threats Loom Like 'Guillotine,' ABC Tells Court law360.com/telecom/articles/…

FCC Threats Loom Like 'Guillotine,' ABC Tells Court - Law360

ABC argued during intense questioning from a D.C. federal judge Tuesday that a Federal Communications Commission probe of eight network-owned TV stations needs to end, because the agency's threats...

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Psychedelics and FDA Approval: Not Necessarily a Regulatory Problem yalejreg.com/nc/psychedelics…

Psychedelics and FDA Approval: Not Necessarily a Regulatory Problem - Yale Journal on Regulation

In August 2024, the FDA rejected Lykos Therapeutics’s New Drug Application for MDMA-assisted therapy to treat posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The decision surprised many as just seven years...

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Good Enough Broadband potsandpansbyccg.com/2026/10…

Good Enough Broadband

Throughout this year, I’ve been hearing the phrase “good enough broadband” to describe consumers willing to take slower, less robust broadband connections in order to save money. This is most commo…

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Broadband for Rural Public Safety potsandpansbyccg.com/2026/10…

Broadband for Rural Public Safety

Today’s blog talks about the problems encountered by first responders in rural areas related to poor broadband and cellular coverage. The blog was prompted by an excellent report, Beyond Connectivi…

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Ticketmaster Must Face FTC Ticket Resale Lawsuit as Judge Says BOTS Act Applies billboard.com/pro/ticketmast… via @billboard

Ticketmaster Must Face FTC Ticket Resale Lawsuit as Judge Says BOTS Act Applies

Ticketmaster must face the FTC's ticket resale lawsuit brought under the BOTS Act, a judge ruled on Monday (Sept. 28).

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Why Some ISPs Fail potsandpansbyccg.com/2026/09…

Why Some ISPs Fail

I saw several articles that described the collapse of Maverix Broadband in Colorado. It’s been reported that the company has received over $9 million in the past from Capital Project Fund grants, a…

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: September 21, 2026 to September 25, 2026 broadcastlawblog.com/2026/09…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: September 21, 2026 to September 25, 2026

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information

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Midwest substitute teacher loses job over her OnlyFans wearegreenbay.com/news/natio…

Midwest substitute teacher loses job over her OnlyFans

“If teachers were paid better, women wouldn’t have to resort to online content creation. Sex sells,” she said.

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Snap Wants to be a State Actor??--Kansas v. Snap blog.ericgoldman.org/archive…

Snap Wants to be a State Actor??-Kansas v. Snap - Technology & Marketing Law Blog

For decades, private Internet services have uniformly tried to avoid being legally characterized as government actors. If they become state actors, they must comply with Constitutional restrictions...

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Maybe when they went to put the citations in, the folks doing the Blue-booking realized what the law actually said about the cap and they'll been trying to figure out how to get around that tiny detail.
Matt Schettenhelm@mattschettSep 23
We are now 48 days without an FCC order on the national cap. This is now over 5x longer than every other FCC order released after a public meeting in the last two years. On Aug. 6, staff said it would be out the next day.
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A New Type of Churn potsandpansbyccg.com/2026/09…

A New Type of Churn

I think every ISP I’ve talked with this year is seeing higher churn. For those not familiar with the term, churn is the measure of how many customers an ISP loses. Churn is inevitable. It’s churn w…

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Fixing the Broadband Maps potsandpansbyccg.com/2026/09…

Fixing the Broadband Maps

There is a lot of talk about improving the FCC broadband maps. I published a blog a few weeks ago that described a bill passed by the Senate that would require a new review of the FCC broadband map…

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More Action on Issues About Lowest Unit Rates for Political Parties and Joint Fundraising Committees After Supreme Court Decision – Where Do These Actions Leave the Broadcaster? broadcastlawblog.com/2026/09…

More Action on Issues About Lowest Unit Rates for Political Parties and Joint Fundraising Committ...

On September 4, as we noted in our weekly update of regulatory activity of importance to broadcasters, the Supreme Court seemingly decided that Lowest

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When is a Man's Penis Size a "Matter of Legitimate Public Concern"?--Kalil v. Kalil blog.ericgoldman.org/archive…

When is a Man's Penis Size a "Matter of Legitimate Public Concern"?-Kalil v. Kalil - Technology &...

This is an unusual line to see in a court opinion: “Haley’s remarks about the size of Matt’s penis and its impact on her health and marriage were remarks about a matter of legitimate public concern.”...

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