• Comments to the FCC Regarding Sponsorship Identification Rules and Embedded Advertising
  W. Kenneth Ferree and Adam Thierer, September 19, 2008
  No evidence that viewers are unaware of or harmed by product placement
• A Manifesto for Media Freedom
  Encounter Books
  Adam Thierer and Brian Anderson, 2008
  Threats to free media and speech
• FCC Reform: Scalpel or Steamroller
  Progress on Point 15.15
  Barbara Esbin, September 2008
  Reforms of FCC needed at institutional level
• Understanding Our Digital Kids
  Progress Snapshot 4.22
  Adam Thierer, October 2008
  Review of the book, Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives
• A Point of View: Net Neutrality Regulation in the United States
  Progress Snapshot 4.21
  Barbara Esbin, October 2008
  Overview of the network neutrality issue, originally published by the Autorité de Régulation des Communications électroniques et des Postes, France
• Not So Flat After All
  Progress Snapshot 4.20
  Bret Swanson, October 1, 2008
  Review of the book, The World is Curved
• Online Advertising & User Privacy: Principles to Guide the Debate
  Progress Snapshot 4.19
  Adam Thierer and Berin Szoka, September 2008
  Preview of an upcoming special report on online advertising
• The Internet Isn't Dying
  Progress Snapshot 4.18
  Adam Thierer, September 2008
  Review of the book, The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It
• S. 3325: A Stitch in Time Can Save Billions
  Progress on Snapshot 4.17
  Thomas Sydnor, September 2008
  Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights Act of 2008 is a sound investment in the rule of law

• Thierer to Debate Future of Internet Policy and Regulation
  Tomorrow, PFF Senior Fellow Adam Thierer will be a featured panelist at the event, "Is Success Killing the Internet?" The discussion, sponsored by the New America Foundation, will highlight themes discussed Thierer's new book, A Manifesto for Media Freedom and The Future of the Internet, authored by fellow panelist Jonathan Zittrain. More information is available on the New America Foundation website. In related news, Thierer was a guest last month on the C-SPAN series, "The Communicators," where he discussed technology issues facing the next administration.
• Ferree Keynote at Emerging Issues Policy Forum
  PFF President Ken Ferree was a featured keynote speaker at the Emerging Issues Policy Forum, "Digital Pathway to U.S. Economic Recovery and Prosperity." The October summit focused on the role of advanced communications technologies in creating a more prosperous U.S. economy.
• Sydnor Debates Intellectual Property Laws at Book Forum
  PFF Senior Fellow Tom Sydnor was a panelist at an October 10th Cato book forum, where he participated in a debate with Nobel laureate Robert Laughlin concerning his new book, The Crime of Reason and the Closing of the Scientific Mind. A webcast of the event can be found on the Cato website.
• Swanson Talks U.S and Global Broadband Policy
  In early October, Senior Fellow Bret Swanson was a participant at the "Digital Policy in the Information Age" conference, hosted by Ball State University's Digital Policy Institute. At the conference, Swanson spoke about U.S. and global broadband policy. Also in October, Swanson gave a presentation to the Minnesota "Ultra-High Speed Broadband Task Force," an official state body tasked with studying statewide broadband deployment.