Kozinski and Gilmore's questions from the floor

Judge Alex "Ninth Circuit" Kozinski: What happens to end-users who are committed to current uses? What happens if everyone whose bought TVs gets left out in the cold if all the broadcasters shut down their towers and sell the spectrum? Do they have a legitimiate use?

John "alt. heirarchy" Gilmore: We're talking about carving up the spectrum into little pieces of private property without fences and no one knows where they are. In the physical world, you can tell the difference between private property and commons, just by looking at it. In the RF world, we have no such indicator (Ed: You can tell commons from propretized spectrum by watching the band over time -- if it's being used, all the time, it's commons; if it's sitting fallow, it's property) Also, what about the 9/10s of the world who won't agree with the US's decision to propretize or commonize the spectrum? Will Americans who bring their devices abroad interfere or interoperate? Discuss