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From Dr. Schiller: “During the half-century following World War I, activist state public utility commissioners allied with newly empowered federal regulators in an effort to subject corporate capital in telecommunications to a measure of social responsibility. Substantive — though limited — public service policies were established, beginning with the assertion of an overarching federal regulatory role. Primary achievements, unfolding after World War II, included both a general extension of residential network access and the creation of an open regime for intellectual property in telecommunications. Drawing on government documents, archival resources, and Freedom of Information Act requests, my presentation begins to unearth this hidden history.”