18 Quotes by Alan Davidson

The smart domain-name holders protect themselves in two ways: first, they complete a trademark search before selecting a domain name to ensure availability, and secondly, once they adopt the name, they register it as a trademark to protect themselves from business disruption, ... This way they are covered from all sides.

This finding, if it's true, still doesn't change the basic argument we're having about the standards under which Carnivore should be used,

It's just a matter of our blokes lifting their game. They haven't been playing to their usual standard.

it was a mixed day for the Internet on Capital Hill.

Consumers need to be notified when and what location information is collected,

No, there are a wide range of issues that affect our users, ... related to a number of our services.

The issue is about the future of the Internet.

The Internet has flourished as the most revolutionary communications medium in history, based on a model where carriers do not interfere or choose what people do online. Even simply picking winners among services threatens the basic Internet model of communications, where users get to decide which services are the most important to them.

The Internet model has been that carriers cannot interfere with the choices that consumers make.