I. Old Communications Law Course
Introduction
Introduction
Topic 1: What Is Competition?
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Topic 2: Why Is Competition Good and Monopoly Bad?
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Topic 3: "Economic Regulation": the 1934 Communications Act
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Topic 4: Competition Among Networks and Interconnection
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Topic 5: Regulating Prices
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Topic 6: De-Regulating Prices
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Topic 7: The Geographic Limits of Regulatory Authority
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Topic 8: The Functional Limits of Regulatory Authority
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Topic 9: The 1996 Telecommunications Act
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Topic 10: Universal Service
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Topic 11: The Radio Frequency Spectrum - The Basics
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Topic 12: Spectrum Management
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Topic 13: Old-Fashioned Broadcasting: A Sacred Trust or Toaster with Pictures?
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Topic 14: Setting Technical Standards
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Topic 15: Large-Scale Industrial Planning
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Topic 16: Regulatory Procedure
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Topic 17: The Long Term Effects of Economic Regulation
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Topic 18: Consumer Protection
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Topic 19: Section 1 of the Sherman Act
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Topic 20: Section 2 of the Sherman Act
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Topic 21: Horizontal Mergers
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Topic 22: Vertical Mergers
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Topic 23: The First Amendment
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Topic 24: Suppressing Bad Speech and Promoting Good Speech
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Topic 25: International
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Topic 26: The Internet
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Topic 27: Intellectual Property
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Topic 28: Open Access to Broadband Systems
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