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Robert Cannon |
Robert
Cannon is Senior Counsel for Internet Law in the
Federal Communication Commission's Office
of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis
(formerly the Office of Plans and Policy). Prior to this position, he was Deputy Director
of the FCC's Y2K Task Force. He is also the Founder and Director of the Cybertelecom <www.cybertelecom.org>, a not for profit educational project
focused on federal Internet law and policy. Robert moderates the Cybertelecom-l
listserv and edits the e-newsletter Cybertelecom News.
Robert was the Program Committee Chair for the 2003 & 2004 Telecommunications Policy Research Conference. He was guest co-editor of the Telecommunications Policy journal's special TPRC edition for 2004 & 2005.
Once upon a time he was Legal Columnist for Boardwatch Magazine. He has spoken at numerous Internet conferences and has been published in several books, journals and magazines. He was the creator and co-chair of the Federal Communication Bar Association
Robert Cannon and his family were featured in a Washington Post Article Volunteering, Family-Style, Wash Post 1/5/2004. In 2007 he was awared the Bronze Presidential Volunteer Service award. From 2005-07, he was an assistant coach with the Montgomery Youth Hockey Association; he has also been a volunteer coach with the Reston Raiders, Northern Virginia Cool Cats, Ashburn Ice House, Arlington Aces Soccer, Arlington Babe Ruth Baseball, Arlington Basketball, Williamsburg Middle School Ultimate Frisbee team, and Odyssey of the Mind. He has also captained several Washington Area Frisbee Club teams including establishing and leading the FCBA/FCC's team, Seven Dirty Words.
His article on the Communications Decency Act was published in the Federal Communications Law Journal, cited before the Supreme Court in Reno v. ACLU, and republished in an anthology on the First Amendment. His paper on the FCC's Computer Inquiries rules was published in Catholic University's Law Journal Commlaw Conspectus and published in Communications Policy in Transition (MIT Press 2001). His paper on the legacy of the Computer Inquiries was published by the Federal Communications Law Journal. His paper on ENUM was published in Communications Policy and Information Technology (MIT Press 2002).
State Regulatory Approaches to VoIP: Policy, Implication, and Outcome
, 57 FCLJ 479 (2005)
There is no Geography on the Internet and other Hyperbole
Will the Real "Internet" Please Stand Up: An Attorney's Quest to Define the Internet, TPRC Book 2003 (MIT Press 2003).
The Legacy of the Computer Inquiries, 55 FCLJ __ (2003).
ENUM: The Collision of Telephony and DNS Policy, Communications Policy and Information Technology (MIT Press 2002).
Where ISPs and Telephone Companies Compete: A Guide to the Computer Inquiries, 9 Commlaw Conspectus 207 (2001); also published in Communications Policy in Transition (MIT Press 2001).
The Legislative History of Senator Exon's Communications Decency Act: Regulating Barbarians on the Information Superhighway, 49 FCLJ 51 (Nov. 1996) (republished in anthology Pornography: Private Right or Public Menace; cited before Supreme Court in Reno v. ACLU).
Magazine Articles
Mr. Internet Goes to Washington, Internet Industry Magazine (Fall 2001).
Cover Your Assets - What to Do When the Authorities Come Knocking on Your Door, Boardwatch (Sept. 2001)
Coping with COPPA: Children's Privacy in an Online Jungle, New Architect (Aug. 2001)
Let Uncle Sam Help You - Federal Money Programs Help Your Bottom Line, Boardwatch (Jul. 2001).
Who Has Your Identity? Protect Your Customers from Identity Theft, Boardwatch (Jun. 2001).
The Children's Internet Protection Act: Filters for Funds?, Boardwatch (Mar. 2001).
Where ISPs and Telephone Companies Compete, Boardwatch (Nov. & Dec. 2000).
How the Communications Decency Act Helps Good Samaritans: Liability for Third Party Defamation, ISPWORLD (Oct. 2000).
Privacy Protection- ISP Customer Info in Danger, Boardwatch (Oct. 2000).
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, Boardwatch (Jul. 2000).
The ABCs of the FCC, Boardwatch (Jun. 2000).
Running Code and a Pot of Coffee: Review of Y2K Efforts and Results, Boardwatch (Apr. 2000).
Enforcement Options before the FCC, Boardwatch (Jan. 2000).
Reinventing Government, FCC - Past and Future, Boardwatch (Nov. 1999).
U.S. Senate Evicts CyberSquatters, Boardwatch (Oct. 1999)
Federal Courts Affirm $30 NSI Tax and that ISPs Are Not Common Carriers, Boardwatch (Aug. 1999).
Congress Addresses Internet Access, Spam and Cyberporn (Jul. 1999).
FCC Releases Reciprocal Compensation Order - Declares ISP-Bound Telephone Calls Interstate, Boardwatch (May 1999).
FCC Finds Deployment of Advanced Services "Reasonable and Timely," Boardwatch (Apr. 1999).
Year 2000, A Methodological Approach, OnTheInternet (Mar. 1999).
A Year 2000 Internet Assessment Plan, Boardwatch (Feb. 1999).
FCC Declares GTE DSL Tariff Interstate Based on Internet Traffic, Boardwatch (Jan. 1999).
Congress Wakes up to the Internet, Boardwatch (Dec. 1998).
Net-heads vs. Bell-heads: Grudge Match of the Century Taking Place at the FCC!, Boardwatch (Oct. 1998).
Universal Service Update . . . Again, Boardwatch (Sept. 1998).
FCC Examines Obstacles to Advance Telecommunications (Section 706), Boardwatch (Aug. 1998).
White House Declines to Lead Us Out of Domain Name Desert, Network World Fusion (Jun. 1998).
FCC to Senator Stevens: No New ISP Taxes, Boardwatch (Jun. 1998).
An Internet Service Provider's Guide to the $2.25 Billion School and Library Universal Service Fund, Internet Telecommunications Project.
Communications Decency Act Unconstitutional, OnTheInternet (Sept. 1997) (Supreme Court case).
What is the "Enhanced Service Provider" Status of Internet Service Providers?, FCBA News (Feb. 1997).
NSI Implements New Internet Domain Name Policy, FCBA News (Oct. 1996).
Communications Decency Act Declared Unconstitutional, FCBA News (Sept. 1996) (District Court case).
A Parent's Guide to Supervising a Child's Internet and Online Experience, Internet Telecommunications Project (republished in the book A Wired Society).
Presentations and Events
(I no longer track all of my presentations)
Meet the Regulator, NANOG (Oct. 2000).
The Problem with IP Telephony, ISPCON (Spring 2000); Connect2000 (Oct. 2000).
Where ISPs and Telcos Compete: Guide to Computer III, ISPCON (Spring & Fall 2000); Connect 2000 (Oct. 2000)
Tutorial: FCC and the Internet: 30 Years of Unregulation, TPRC (Sept. 2000)
FCC 101, CLECExpo (Sept. 2000).
Washington, D.C. 101, WebDC (Aug. 2000).
Broadband and the Future of the Internet, Telecommunity 2000 (Aug. 2000).
Recent Regulatory Developments, ISPCON (Spring & Fall 2000); CLECExpo (Sept. 2000).
Circle the Wagons, ISPCON (Spring 2000).
Predictions for the Future, Networking 2000 (Mar. 2000).
Deployment of Advanced Services to All Americans, Texas Community Networking Conference (Dec. 2000).
ISP Enforcement Rights and Opportunities Before the FCC, ISPCON and ISPF (Fall 1999).
10 Months Until Y2K - Do You Know Where Your Network Is?, TISPA, VISPA, APRICOT, ISPCON and FISPA (Dec. 1998 - Jul. 1999).
The 105th Congress Wakes Up to the Internet, Web'98 (Jun. & Sept. 1998) and Internet Service Providers Forum'98.
The Internet Meets Universal Service: A National Policy of Universal Internet Access, Computers, Freedom and Privacy'98, INET'98, ISPCON'97 and Fall 1997 Internet World.
Moderator, Federal Communications Bar Association CLE Seminar: Children and the Internet: Content in a Post-Reno v. ACLU era (Feb. 24, 1998).
Internet at the FCC: Cybernauts vs. Ma Bell, INET'97, ISPCON'97, and the DC Chapter of the Internet Society (Jun. 1997).
Moderator, FCBA CLE Seminar: The Internet at the FCC: Connecting Cyberspace to the NII (Mar. 6, 1997).
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