Free Speech / First Amendment essays:

• "Super-Sizing the FTC & What It Means for the Internet, Media & Advertising,", by Berin Szoka, Jack Calfee, Maureen Ohlhausen, Jim Davidson, and Stu Ingis, Progress on Point 17.6, April 22, 2010
• "Comments to the Federal Communications Commission in the Matter of Empowering Parents and Protecting Children in an Evolving Media Landscape," by Adam Thierer, Berin Szoka, Lee Tien, and Seth Schoen, The Progress & Freedom Foundation and Electronic Frontier Foundation, February 24, 2010
• "The First Amendment, the Internet & Net Neutrality: Be Careful What You Wish For," by Robert Corn-Revere, Progress on Point 16. 28, December 17, 2009
• "Next-Generation Parental Controls & Child Safety Efforts," by Adam Thierer, Stephen Balkam, Steve Crown, Dane Snowden, Progress on Point 16.23, November 5, 2009
• "Cyberbullying Legislation: Why Education is Preferable to Regulation," by Berin Szoka and Adam Thierer, Written Testimony before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism & Homeland Security, U.S. House Judiciary Committee, September 30, 2009
• "Is There a Relationship Between Online Safety Concerns and Broadband Uptake?," testimony of Adam Thierer before the Federal Communications Commission Broadband Working Group Hearing on "Broadband Consumer Context," September 9, 2009
• "Online Child Safety, Privacy and Free Speech: An Overview of Challenges in Congress & the States," by Adam Thierer and Berin Szoka, Progress on Point 16.20, August 18, 2009
• "What Unites Advocates of Speech Controls & Privacy Regulation?," by Adam Thierer and Berin Szoka, Progress on Point 16.19, August 11, 2009
• "Amicus Brief Supplemental of The Center for Democracy & Technology and The Progress & Freedom Foundation, 3rd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in the matter of CBS vs. FCC," by Adam Thierer, John B. Morris, Jr., and Cynthia Wong, August 11, 2009.
• "We Are Living in the Golden Age of Children's Programming," by Adam Thierer, Progress Snapshot 5.6, July 2009.
• "Parental Controls and Online Child Protection: A Survey of Tools & Methods [VERSION 4.0]," by Adam Thierer, July 23, 2009.
• "Parents, Kids & Policymakers in the Digital Age: Safeguarding Against 'Techno-Panics'" by Adam Thierer, Inside ALEC, July 2009.
• "Five Online Safety Task Forces Agree: Education, Empowerment & Self-Regulation Are the Answer," by Adam Thierer, Progress on Point 16.13, July 8, 2009
• "Cyberbullying Legislation:  Why Education is Preferable to Regulation," by Berin Szoka and Adam Thierer, Progress on Point 16.12, June 19, 2009
• "COPPA 2.0: The New Battle over Privacy, Age Verification, Online Safety & Free Speech," by Berin Szoka and Adam Thierer, Progress on Point 16.11, May 21, 2009
• "Implementation of the 'Child Safe Viewing Act of 2007,'" by Adam Thierer, Comments to the Federal Communications Commission, April 15, 2009.
• "Who Needs Parental Controls? Assessing the Relevant Market for Parental Control Technologies," by Adam Thierer, Progress on Point 16.5, February 27, 2009.
• "FCC v. Fox and the Future of the First Amendment in the Information Age" by Adam Thierer, February 20, 2009.
• "Statement Regarding the Internet Safety Technical Task Force’s Final Report to the Attorneys General" by Adam Thierer, January 14, 2008.
• "Don't Scapegoat Media: Negative Impact Must Be Balanced Against Technology's Many Benefits" by Adam Thierer, Progress Snapshot 14.24, December 9, 2008.
• "A Manifesto for Media Freedom" by Adam Thierer and Brian Anderson, October 1, 2008.
• "Joint Amicus Brief of The Center for Democracy & Technology and The Progress & Freedom Foundation, U.S. Supreme Court in the matter of FCC v. Fox Television Stations" by Adam Thierer, John B. Morris, Jr., and Sophia Cope, August 8, 2008.
• "Dear Gov. Patterson…Regarding that Video Game Bill You Are About to Sign" by Adam Thierer, Progress Snapshot 4.15, July 17, 2008.
• "Still 'Dirty' After All These Years" by Adam Thierer and John Morris, Progress Snapshot 4.14, July 2, 2008.
• "Online Speech and Students," with Adam Thierer, John Morris, Parry Aftab, Reg Weaver, radio discussion on the Kojo Nnamdi Show at WAMU at American University, April 22, 2008.
• "The Perils of Mandatory Parental Controls and Restrictive Defaults," by Adam Thierer, Progress on Point 15.4, April 11, 2008.
• "Video Games & Public Policy," by Adam Thierer, slide show presentation at Penn State University conference, "Playing to Win: The Business and Social Frontiers of Videogames," April 4, 2008.
• "New Mexico's Video Game Nanny Tax" by Adam Thierer, CNET News, February 11, 2008.
• "Online Child Protection & Online Content Regulation Bills, A Joint PFF / CDT Report" by Adam Thierer and John B. Morris, Jr., February 6, 2008.
• "Congress, Content Regulation, and Child Protection: The Expanding Legislative Agenda" by Adam Thierer, Progress Snapshot 4.4, February 6, 2008.
• "The MySpace-AG Agreement: A Model Code of Conduct for Social Networking?" by Adam Thierer, Progress on Point 15.1, January 2008.
• "Cyber Safety in a Web 2.0 World: What Parents and Policymakers Need to Know" by Adam Thierer, The Honorable Melissa L. Bean, Sharon Miller Cindrich, Larry Magid, Nancy E. Willard, Progress on Point 14.25, December 27, 2007.
• "Parental Control Perfection? The Impact of the DVR and VOD Boom on the Debate over TV Content Regulation" by Adam Thierer, Progress on Point 14.20, October 2007.
• "Long-Range Censors" by Adam Thierer, City Journal, October 3, 2007.
• "Two Sensible, Education-Based Legislative Approaches to Online Child Safety," by Adam Thierer, Progress Snapshot 3.10 September 2007.
• "Freedom of Speech and Press in the 21st Century: New Technology Meets Old Constitutionalism" by Laurence H. Tribe, Progress on Point 14.19, September 2007.
• "Who Killed TV’s 'Family Hour'?" by Adam Thierer, City Journal, Fall 2007.
• "Convergence-Era Content Regulation? S. 602, 'The Child Safe Viewing Act of 2007,'" by Adam Thierer, Progress on Point 14.17, August 1, 2007.
• "Why Regulate Broadcasting: Toward a Consistent First Amendment Standard for the Information Age," by Adam Thierer, Catholic University Law School CommLaw Conspectus, Vol. 15, pp. 431-482, July 10, 2007.
• "Images Kids See on the Screen," Testimony by Adam Thierer, before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, House Committee on Energy and Commerce, June 22, 2007.
• "Parental Controls and Online Child Protection: A Survey of Tools & Methods," by Adam Thierer, June 20, 2007.
• "The Complexities of Regulating TV Violence," by Adam Thierer, PFF Progress on Point 14.12, June 15, 2007.
• "Cable's Commitment to Online Safety," by Adam Thierer, Progress Snapshot 3.7 June 2007.
• "The Right Way to Regulate Violent TV," by Adam Thierer, May 14, 2007.
• "Age Verification for Social Networking Sites: Is it Possible? Is it Desirable?" by Adam Thierer, PFF Progress on Point 14.8, May 11, 2007.
• "Social Networking and Age Verification: Many Hard Questions; No Easy Solutions," by Adam Thierer, March 21, 2007.
• "Rep. Bean's 'SAFER Net Act': An Education-Based Approach to Online Child Safety," by Adam Thierer, February 22, 2007.
• "Joint Amicus Brief of The Center for Democracy & Technology and The Progress & Freedom Foundation in the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in the matter of CBS Corporation v. FCC," by Adam Thierer, John B. Morris, Jr., and Sophia Cope, November 30, 2006
• "Joint Amicus Brief of The Center for Democracy & Technology and The Progress & Freedom Foundation in the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in the matter of Fox Television Stations v. FCC," by Adam Thierer, John B. Morris, Jr., and Sophia Cope, November 30, 2006
• "Comments to the Federal Communications Commission on the Complaints Regarding Various Television Broadcasts; Court Remand of Section II.B of the Commission's March 15, 2006 Omnibus Order Resolving Numerous Broadcast Television Indecncy Complaints," by Adam Thierer, September 21, 2006
• "Do's and Dont's for Global Media Regulation: Empowering Expression, Consumers and Innovation," by Patrick Ross, Progress on Point 2.20, September 2006
• "Saving Online Free Speech: A Voluntary Code of Conduct for Internet Operators," by Adam Thierer, Progress Snapshot 2.19, August 2006
• "Social Networking Websites & Child Protection: Toward a Rational Dialogue," by Adam Thierer, Progress Snapshot 2.17, June 2006.
• "Is MySpace the Government's Space?," by Adam Thierer, Progress Snapshot 2.16, June 2006.
• "Parents Have Many Tools to Combat Objectionable Media Content," by Adam Thierer, PFF Progress on Point 13.9, April 2006.
• "Fact and Fiction in the Debate Over Video Game Regulation," by Adam Thierer, PFF Progress on Point 13.7, March 2006.
• "Examining the FCC's Complaint-Driven Broadcast Indecency Enforcement Process," by Adam Thierer, PFF Progress on Point 12.22, November 2005.
• "A Look at the Broadband Video Provisions of the House Commerce Committee Telecom Act Reform Discussion Draft," by Adam Thierer, PFF Progress on Point 1.12, September 2005.
• "Regulation Without Frontiers: Europe Shows U.S. Policymakers How Not to Embrace Convergence," by Patrick Ross, PFF Progress Snapshot 1.15, September 2005.
• "The Politicization of ICANN and the Domain Name System: The ".xxx" Case Study," by Solveig Singleton and Adam Thierer, PFF Progress Snapshot 1.10, September 2005.
• "New Worlds to Censor," by Adam Thierer, Washington Post editorial, June 7, 2005.
• "Can Broadcast Indecency Regulations Be Extended to Cable Television and Satellite Radio?" by Robert Corn-Revere, PFF Progress on Point 12.8, May 2005.
• "'Kid-Friendly' Tiering Mandates: More Government Nannyism for Cable TV," by Adam Thierer, PFF Progress Snapshot 1.2, May 2005.
• "Thinking Seriously about Cable & Satellite Censorship: An Informal Analysis of S-616, The Rockefeller-Hutchison Bill," by Adam Thierer, PFF Progress on Point 12.6, April 2005.
• "Of Desperate Housewives and Desperate Regulators," by Adam Thierer, Cato TechKnowledge No. 94, January 5, 2005.
• "Again, it's all 'For the Children'--FCC Fines Stations for Kids' Commercials," Technology Liberation Front, October 22, 2004.
• "Howard Stern and the Future of Media Censorship," by Adam Thierer, Cato TechKnowledge No. 90, October 11, 2004.
• "The 'Rathergate' Incident: Remembering Why Separation of Press and State Is Vital," by Adam Thierer, Cato TechKnowledge No. 88, September 30, 2004.
• "Censoring Violence in Media," by Adam Thierer, Cato TechKnowledge No. 86, August 10, 2004.
• "Surrogate-Parent Sam," by Adam Thierer, Cato TechKnowledge No. 84, June 25, 2004.
• "Should Government Censor Speech on Cable and Satellite TV?" by Adam Thierer, Cato TechKnowledge No. 77, March 29, 2004.
• "Regulating Video Games: Must Government Mind Our Children?" by Adam Thierer, Cato TechKnowledge No. 52, June 24, 2003.
• "190 Internet Censors? Rising Global Threats to Online Speech," by Adam Thierer, Cato TechKnowledge No. 38, July 26, 2002.
• "Liquor Ads on TV: Is Federal Regulation Brewing?" by Adam Thierer, Cato TechKnowledge No. 30, December 20, 2001.

Media Economics / Media Ownership issues:

• "A Media Welfare State?", by Adam Thierer, Progress Snapshot 6.12, July 13, 2010
• Comments submitted to the Federal Communications Commission's Examination of the Future of Media and Information Needs of Communities In a Digital Age, Adam Thierer, Berin Szoka, and W. Kenneth Ferree, May 5, 2010
• "The Wrong Way to Reinvent Media, Part 5: Media Bailouts & Welfare for Journalists," by Adam Thierer, Berin Szoka, and Ken Ferree, Progress on Point 17.7, April 30, 2010
• "The Wrong Way to Reinvent Media, Part 4: Expanding Postal Subsidies," by Adam Thierer & Berin Szoka, Progress on Point 17.5, April 19, 2010
• "The Wrong Way to Reinvent Media, Part 3: Media Vouchers," by Adam Thierer & Berin Szoka, Progress on Point 17.4, April 14, 2010
• "The Wrong Way to Reinvent Media, Part 2: Broadcast Spectrum Taxes to Subsidize Public Media," by Adam Thierer, Progress on Point 17.2, March 30, 2010
• "The Wrong Way to Reinvent Media, Part 1: Taxes on Consumer Electronics, Mobile Phones & Broadband," by Adam Thierer & Berin Szoka, Progress on Point 17.1, March 22, 2010
• "The Hidden Benefactor: How Advertising Informs, Educates & Benefits Consumers," by Adam Thierer & Berin Szoka, Progress on Point 6.5, February 22, 2010
• Testimony before the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet, U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, by Adam Thierer, February 4, 2010
• "Public Option for Press Should Get the Red Pen," by Adam Thierer, Progress Snapshot 6.4, January 25, 2010
• "Chairman Leibowitz's Disconnect on Privacy Regulation & the Future of News," by Adam Thierer, & Berin Szoka, Progress Snapshot 6.1, January 13, 2010
• "A Media Morality Play," by Adam Thierer, Forbes.com, December 15, 2009
• "Let's Make a Deal: Broadcasters, Mobile Broadband, and a Market in Spectrum," by Adam Thierer, Coleman Bazelon, David Donovan, Paul Gallant, John Hane, Blair Levin, Kostas Liopiros, and Andrew Jay Schwartzman, Progress on Point 16.27, December 11, 2009
• "Should Consumers Fear the Comcast Deal?" by Adam Thierer, The New York Times, December 8, 2009
• "A Brief History of Media Merger Hysteria: From AOL-Time Warner to Comcast-NBC," by Adam Thierer, Progress on Point 16.25, December 2, 2009
• "An Offer They Can't Refuse: Spectrum Reallocation That Can Benefit Consumers, Broadcasters & the Mobile Broadband Sector," by Adam Thierer and Barbara Esbin, Progress Snapshot 5.13, November 10, 2009
• "Media Ownership Proceedings" by W. Kenneth Ferree, Testimony before the Federal Communications Commission, November 3, 2009
• "Coase vs. the Neo-Progressives," by Jeff Eisenach and Adam Thierer, The American, October 28, 2009
• "Net Neutrality, Slippery Slopes & High-Tech Mutually Assured Destruction" by Berin Szoka and Adam Thierer, Progress Snapshot 5.11, October 23, 2009.
• "Plato Wrote It Down" by Adam Thierer, book review, City Journal, October 23, 2009
• "Video Competition in a Digital Age" by Adam Thierer, Testimony before the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet, U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, October 22, 2009
• "The Day Internet Freedom Died" by Adam Thierer and Berin Szoka, Progress Snapshot 5.8, September 22, 2009
• "Socializing Media in Order to Save It," by Adam Thierer, City Journal, March 27, 2009
• "The Internet Isn't Dying" by Adam Thierer, Progress Snapshot 4.18, September 23, 2008.
• "Comments to the FCC Regarding Sponsorship Identification Rules and Embedded Advertising" by W. Kenneth Ferree and Adam Thierer, September 19, 2008.
• "Media Metrics: The True State of the Modern Media Marketplace" by Adam Thierer and Grant Eskelsen, July 15, 2008.
• "A La Carte Regulation of Pay TV: Good Intentions vs. Good Economics" by Jeffrey Eisenach and Adam Thierer, July 11, 2008.
• "Where is the FCC's Annual Video Competition Report?" by Barbara Esbin and Adam Thierer, Progress Snapshot 4.11, May 15, 2008.
• "Congress Fiddles, Newspapers Burn" by Adam Thierer, City Journal, May 20, 2008.
• "Unable to Watch the Big Game?" by Barbara Esbin, Testimony before the National Conference of State Legislatures Communications, Financial Services and Interstate Commerce Committee, Apr. 25, 2008.
• "Competition in the Sports Programming Marketplace" by W. Kenneth Ferree, Testimony before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, House Committee on Energy and Commerce, March 5, 2008.
• "New Mexico's Video Game Nanny Tax" by Adam Thierer, CNET News, February 11, 2008.
• "Local Broadcasting In Extremis" by W. Kenneth Ferree, Progress Snapshot 4.3, January 2008.
• "Whose Airwaves Are They Anyway?" by W. Kenneth Ferree, Progress Snapshot 4.1, January 2008.
• "TV Train Wreck" by Adam Thierer, James Gattuso, November 29, 2007.
• "Media Deregulation Is Dead" by Adam Thierer, Progress Snapshot 3.17, November 2007.
• "FCC's 70% Cable Proposal is 100% Unwarranted" by Adam Thierer, Progress Snapshot 3.16, November 2007.
• "Cable Con" by Adam Thierer, Progress Snapshot 3.15, November 2007.
• "Unplugging Plug-and-Play Regulation," by Adam Thierer, PFF Progress on Point 14.21, October 2007.
• "Net Neutrality: A Fairness Doctrine for the Internet" by Adam Thierer, Progress Snapshot 3.11, October 2007.
• "Rupert Murdoch, Meet Chicken Little," by Adam Thierer, August 2, 2007.
• "The Media Cornucopia," by Adam Thierer, April 2007.
• "Rep. Upton's Welcome Call for Radio Ownership Reform," by Adam Thierer, PFF Progress on Point 13.5, February 2006.
• "À la Carte Cable Concerns," by Adam Thierer, PFF Progress Snapshot 2.2, January 2006.
• "False "Choices," by Adam Thierer and Raymond Gifford, Progress Snapshot Release 2.1, January 2006.
• "Content Regulation Without Frontiers: Why the EU is Indeed Regulating the Internet," by Patrick Ross, PFF Progress Snapshot 1.24, December 2005.
• "The Future of Radio Regulation: The Need for a Level Playing Field," by Adam Thierer, PFF Progress on Point 12.27, December 2005.
• “The Future of the Radio Marketplace,” Transcript of CEO Luncheon Featuring Mark P. Mays, PFF Progress on Point, November 2005.
• "Moral and Philosophical Aspects of the Debate
  over A La Carte Regulation," by Adam Thierer, PFF Progress Snapshot 1.23, December 2005.
• "Testing 'Media Monopoly' Claims: A Look at What Markets Say," by Adam Thierer and Daniel English, PFF Progress on Point 12.16, September 2005.
• "Comments to the Federal Communications Commission on The Commission’s Cable Horizontal and Vertical Ownership Limits," by Daniel English and Adam Thierer. September 9, 2005.
• "Confusing Success with Access: "Correctly" Measuring Concentration of Ownership and Control in Mass Media and Online Services." by Bruce M. Owen, PFF Progress on Point 12.11, July 2005.
• "The Comcast-Time Warner Deal for Adelphia: Much Ado About Nothing," by Adam Thierer and Daniel English, PFF Progress on Point 12.10, July 2005.
• "What Ever Happened to the Big Media Boogeyman?" by Adam Thierer, Tech Central Station, June 20, 2005.
• Media Myths: Making Sense of the Debate over Media Ownership, by Adam Thierer. June 2005.
• "Risky Business: Philadelphia's Plan for Providing Wi-Fi Service," by Adam Thierer, PFF Progress on Point 12.4, April 2005.
• "Sen. McCain's Plan to Liberate the Broadcast Spectrum," by Adam Thierer, Cato TechKnowledge No. 87, September 30, 2004.
• "Overcoming Mythology in the Debate over Media Ownership," Testimony by Adam Thierer, September 28, 2004.
• "Comments to the Federal Communications Commission Regarding A La Carte and Themed Tier Programming and Pricing Options for Programming Distribution on Cable Television and Direct Broadcast Satellite Systems." by Adam Thierer, July 12, 2004.
• "Media Ownership Regulation Redux: A Reality Check," by Adam Thierer, Cato TechKnowledge No. 85, June 30, 2004.
• "Return of the (Un)Fairness Doctrine: The Media Ownership Reform Act," by Adam Thierer, Cato TechKnowledge No. 80, April 20, 2004.
• "Media Ownership Madness and the Third Person Effect Hypothesis," by Adam Thierer, Cato TechKnowledge No. 79, April 20, 2004.
• "What Media Monopolies?" by Adam Thierer and Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Cato TechKnowledge No. 54,  July 30, 2003.

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