Michael Copps

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I searched in vain for the benefits (...) Pardon me, but a deal of this size should be expected to yield more than the limited benefits cited. (...) In sum, this is simply too much, too big, too powerful, too lacking in benefits for American consumers and citizens.... I would be true to neither the statute nor to everything I have fought for here at the Commission over the past decade if I did not dissent from what I consider to be a damaging and potentially dangerous deal (..) At the end of the day, the public interest requires more-much more-than it is receiving. The Comcast-NBCU joint venture opens the door to the cable-ization of the open Internet. The potential for walled gardens, toll booths, content prioritization, access fees to reach end users, and a stake in the heart of independent content production is now very real.

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  1. 1 2 3 "Biography of Former Commissioner Michael J. Copps". FCC.gov. Federal Communications Commission. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2015. Michael J. Copps was sworn in for his first term as commissioner on May 31, 2001; sworn in for a second term on January 3, 2006; and served until December 31, 2011. He also served as Acting FCC Chairman from January 22, 2009 through June 28, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Michael Copps to Lead Common Cause Media and Democracy Initiative". Common Cause. 2014-01-30. Archived from the original on 2025-02-07. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
  3. ↑ FCC, Justice approve Comcast and NBC joint venture. Washington Post. Retrieved 20 January 2011
  4. ↑ Copps: Comcast/NBCU 'Damaging and Potentially Dangerous'. Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved 20 January 2011
Michael Copps
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Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission
Acting
In office
January 22, 2009 –June 28, 2009
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