As internet users increase by the day and more people become connected through new media, difficult legal considerations arise requiring extensive examination to determine how this developing medium should be regulated. The current issue being widely debated is that of Net Neutrality; whether or not Internet Service Providers can charge premium prices for those using apps that take up large amounts of bandwidth. New Lawline.com faculty member Owen Kurtin examines Net Neutrality and other important issues surrounding what he calls "the hottest topic of 2010" in his course "Net Neutrality and the FCC's Third Way Proposal."  

In this course Kurtin, an attorney and expert in telecommunications law, illuminates many of the complex legal arguments and issues involved in this debate. Beginning with an overview of the background of US telecommunications law, Mr. Kurtin identifies the proponents and opponents of net neutrality and examines the FCC’s recently proposed National Broadband Plan to make broadband access virtually universal. 

In addition, Mr. Kurtin dissects pivotal Supreme Court decisions, Brand X and Comcast Corp. v. FCC, and elucidates the FCC’s “third way” approach to reclassifying broadband services in light of the Comcast case. Mr. Kurtin concludes his review of this cutting-edge topic by highlighting the ways in which the Brand X decision and the Computer Inquiry proceedings present a barrier to the “third way” approach, equipping the viewers with all the information they need to become spirited participants in the net neutrality debate. 

To learn more watch Owen Kurtin's New Course "Net Neutrality and the FCC's Third Way Proposal"