His work in this area would outline many of the fundamental principles required for digital communications, especially in regard to required sample rates and bandwidth limitations, and build upon previous ideas, like Time Division Multiplexing and early facsimile machines.

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Finally, I want to suggest what should be obvious: Communications law and policy, as it stands today, departs substantially from these Hayekian principles.

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If FDA persists with this approach, companies will be forced to glean rules and principles from disparate, distinct enforcement actions, which will in turn chill vital health care communications.

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Carmine Gallo is a communications coach and the author of four books, including The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs: Insanely Different Principles for Breakthrough Success (McGraw-Hill, October, 2010).

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