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a comment on -- Spectrum Policy: Property or Commons?
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2002 13:14:14 -0500
------ Forwarded Message From: Gerry Faulhaber <gerry-faulhaber () mchsi com> Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2002 12:55:43 -0500 To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: <[IP]> Spectrum Policy: Property or Commons? This is a great idea. Moving forward on spectrum policy requires a healthy debate among interested and knowledgeable scholars, and I applaud Larry Lessig for taking up the challenge. My only quibble is framing this as an either/or debate: should we have property rights or should we have commons? In fact, we can have both, as Dave and I showed in our recent paper (filed with the FCC at http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdf&id_documen t=6513282647 ). Our proposed model for managing spectrum involves both property rights and commons, and allows the mix of the two to adjust over time as new technology comes to market. If we continue to frame this as a "debate" (although I know law school scholars love the moot court format;-), as an either/or, we are not really helping policymakers come to grips with what may be the critical telecommunications infrastructure for the next twenty years. It's time to move beyond academic disputation and reach for the synthesis we know is there. I hope Larry Lessig's forum allows this to happen. Gerald Faulhaber Business and Public Policy Department Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Philadephia, PA 19104 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Farber" <dave () farber net> To: "ip" <ip () v2 listbox com> Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 12:12 PM Subject: <[IP]> Spectrum Policy: Property or Commons?
------ Forwarded Message From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com> At 18:07 -0800 12/7/02, Lawrence Lessig wrote:We're planning a gig to frame the commons/property debate at Stanford.
See
<http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/spectrum/> In addition to a technical and market overview, we will have (1) a panel
of
property types criticize a commons paper, (2) a panel of commons types criticize a property paper, and (3) a "moot court" where the two will be presented to a panel of judges that will include Powell, Judge Kozinski, Harold Demsetz (an economist, and the Coase stand in), and possibly
Senator
Boxer. (Coase originally agreed to participate in this, but has since declined because of health). More details to come, but sign up for the information list so I don't
have
to spam this list anymore! ----- Lessig Stanford Law School Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way Stanford, CA 94305-8610 650.736.0999 (vx) 650.723.8440 (fx) 501.423.6285 (eFax) Ass't: <laura.lynch () stanford edu> <http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/lessig> <http://the-future-of-ideas.com> <http://creativecommons.org> <http://eldred.cc>------------------------------------- You are subscribed as gerry-faulhaber () mchsi com To unsubscribe or update your address, click http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at:
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