The latest by:
Steve Effros
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Premium Content
12/03/2025
Effros: The Section 230 Abyss
The issue is what is called “secondary liability.” That is, to what extent is the ISP responsible for the conduct of its subscribers. This is an incredibly important case that could significantly change the way the internet operates.
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Premium Content
11/19/2025
Effros: Dominoes Redux
With massively changing business models and production cost shifts, there’s no question there’s going to be a fall, but of whom, and in which direction?
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Premium Content
11/05/2025
Effros: YouTube Dominoes
The long-standing question of who is going to “own” the home screen is becoming clear. It was originally thought to be a battle between “televisions” and “computers.” No longer. Those two things have essentially combined.
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Premium Content
10/15/2025
Effros: Utility Competition
In a conversation I had with him many years ago, John Malone, then CEO of Telecommunications Inc (TCI)—the largest cable company at the time—asked if I thought we could get “Washington” to regulate cable as a “public utility.”
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Premium Content
10/01/2025
Effros: Definitions
today, some will retreat to the “liberal” and “conservative” corners and argue. But the results are bad in the long run whichever “side” you are on, because if we allow one or the other “side” to exclusively define the words, we’re all, eventually, in trouble.
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09/18/2025
Effros: In Defense of Decisionmakers
I was going to title this column “in defense of regulators,” but the same fundamental problem faced by regulators is confronting almost all decisionmakers, especially those who are responsible for long-range planning and commitments.