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Product Placement Runs Amok

July 17, 2008
Programming is becoming one big, undisclosed commercial, prompting new calls for limits and disclosure.

Key Portion of Wireless Spectrum to Be Open Access

March 25, 2008

Gigi Sohn

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President, Public Knowledge, the Washington, D.C., advocacy group dedicated to the information commons and the public’s stake in the Internet, digital technologies and intellectual property law.

Andrew Jay Schwartzman

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President and CEO, Media Access Project; long-time advocate of public access, consumer rights and First Amendment principles in broadcasting, cable and other media.

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Washington, D.C.

We Can Turn the Ad Temperature Down

September 5, 2007
As advertising runs amok in the media, now is the time to say that excessive commercials are a form of obscenity.