People often behave in line with the stereotypes assigned to them. We need much more data on the nexus between media portrayals and real world behavior. I know … no shit Sherlock.

Relying on the Supreme Court’s Brand X decision, Austin Schlick, General Counsel of the FCC, concluded that not only will the Commission’s approach of applying the most consumer-centric sections of Title II to broadband appease the majority of the Brand X court, it will also appease the dissenters (including Justice Scalia).  In fact … Title II remix was SCALIA’S IDEA!  Wow. 

But the Court won’t have Souter or Stevens when the the case comes up for review.  Let’s see what dope lyrics the lawyers who oppose reclassification will drop on us.  LET’S GO!

Your comments on the Future of Media, what it should look like, and how they should be regulated, are due TODAY by 11:59PM.

The new regulations will:

• Recognize the transmission component of broadband access service—and only this component—as a telecommunications service;

• Apply only a handful of provisions of Title II (Sections 201, 202, 208, 222, 254, and 255) that, prior to the Comcast decision, were widely believed to be within the Commission’s purview for broadband;

• Simultaneously renounce—that is, forbear from—application of the many sections of the Communications Act that are unnecessary and inappropriate for broadband access service; and

• Put in place up-front forbearance and meaningful boundaries to guard against regulatory overreach.

The FCC this morning detailed its plans to bring broadband under its direct jurisdiction. ISPs will essentially be treated the same way as phone companies, with a few big exceptions.

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced today, after much speculation, that the Commission would pursue some kind of regulatory framework for broadband, although the details were not immediately made clear, aside from it being a “third way.”  More details are expected this week.