Alan Davidson Quotations

From a group that cares about civil liberties and cares about kids, this is the right answer.

I think a lot of people feel it would be a mistake.

I think there are huge land mines with wireless ahead.

Overwhelmingly, businesses are failing to protect themselves by not securing their domain names as trademarks. While the numbers are moving in a positive direction, most businesses on the Internet are at risk that a trademark owner may appear and tell them to 'cease and desist' using that domain name.

Pay teachers to turn up on Saturdays and after school to promote school football. Better facilities would also help.

Some of the most valuable new services won't be competitive.

We ought to build systems that encourage 911 location services but that are not just personal tracking systems.

Consumers won't use systems they don't trust. Location services monitor movement and habits, something many consumers may not want known.

They admitted to making a huge mistake and they said they'd pay the money back, ... They showed some remorse. It's just a sad deal all the way around.

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.