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Higher Standards: Regulation in the Network Age
Kevin D. Werbach
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School - Legal Studies Department
Fall 2009
Harvard Journal of Law and Technology, Vol. 23, p. 179, 2009
Abstract:
As digital networks proliferate, standardized interfaces will define the economic and normative dynamics of markets. In other words, standardization is regulation. Regulatory mechanisms must evolve to emulate the best aspects of the standard-setting process. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should remake itself as a standards organization. Instead of viewing standardization as peripheral to its core mission, the FCC should catalyze adoption of open standards that promote its regulatory objectives.
A standards-based approach offers better solutions to the novel issues the FCC now faces, such as network management practices of broadband access providers and unlicensed wireless devices adjacent to broadcast television frequencies. Scholars have begun to appreciate the importance of technical standards in regulating the behavior of communications and information technology firms. However, they have only considered possibilities in which government either subsumes or defers to private standards-setting bodies. This article shows how regulators can see themselves as participants in the standards marketplace. Such an approach will allow the FCC to provide necessary "safe harbors" for development of technical solutions to important public policy disputes.
Date posted: March 30, 2009
; Last revised: December 14, 2011
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Werbach, Kevin D., Higher Standards: Regulation in the Network Age (Fall 2009). Harvard Journal of Law and Technology, Vol. 23, p. 179, 2009. Available at SSRN: ssrn.com/abstract=1369962
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3730 Walnut Street Suite 600 Philadelphia, PA 19104-6365 United States 215-898-1222 (Phone)
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