IP: STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER GLORIA TRISTANI re Time Warner Inc. and America Online, Inc.merger

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

SEPARATE STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER GLORIA TRISTANI
Re:     Applications for Consent to the Transfer of Control of Licenses and 
Section 214 Authorizations by Time Warner Inc. and America Online, Inc., 
Transferors, to AOL Time Warner Inc., Tra
nsferee
I voted to approve the license transfers involved in the AOL and Time 
Warner merger because the conditions imposed to serve the public interest 
were the best that could be achieved under the circumstances, and tipped 
the balance narrowly in favor of approval. I urged my colleagues to adopt 
open-code interoperability as a fundamental component of the public 
interest in the Internet communications era. I believe that interest 
compelled the merged company to achieve, and publish, interoperability 
protocols by a date certain.1 I write separately to distinguish the outcome 
for which I cast my vote, from the policy of Internet openness I urged.

http://www.fcc.gov/Speeches/Tristani/Statements/2001/stgt121.html



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