{"id":405,"date":"2003-09-18T13:51:49","date_gmt":"2003-09-18T11:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.multiplicity.dk\/?p=405"},"modified":"2003-09-18T13:51:49","modified_gmt":"2003-09-18T11:51:49","slug":"supercommons-spectrum-policy-whitepaper-from-kevin-werbach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krag.be\/index.php\/2003\/09\/18\/supercommons-spectrum-policy-whitepaper-from-kevin-werbach\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercommons: Spectrum policy whitepaper from Kevin Werbach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"WERBLOG\" href=\"http:\/\/werbach.com\/blog\/2003\/09\/16.html#a1172\">WERBLOG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kevin Werbach has written a whitepaper on Sepctrum Policy, arguing that Spectrum should not be allocated as if it were policy, but rather as if it were a boundless commons. These are things the free wireless networking community has discussed for a while now, but when someone like Werbach speaks, we all listen.<\/p>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t had time to read this paper yet, but i&#8217;ll be bringing it with me to Greece next week, for some quiet beach reading.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re into these subjects, i suggest you do the same (and yes, that includes going to greece for a week \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><bq>It argues that we should no longer treat wireless spectrum as a concrete physical resource, because new technologies make possible a range of communications techniques that don&#8217;t require exclusive control of frequencies.  A universal entry privilege, allowing anyone to transmit anywhere, at any time, in any way, should be the policy baseline.  A set of backstops and safe harbors drawn from tort and intellectual property law can resolve boundary disputes efficiently, without exclusive property rights.  The &#8220;supercommons&#8221; represents a vast opportunity to enhance communications capacity and open up access to the airwaves.<\/bq><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WERBLOG Kevin Werbach has written a whitepaper on Sepctrum Policy, arguing that Spectrum should not be allocated as if it were policy, but rather as if it were a boundless commons. These are things the free wireless networking community has discussed for a while now, but when someone like Werbach speaks, we all listen. 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