{"id":7,"date":"2005-11-26T13:54:03","date_gmt":"2005-11-26T18:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/about-mark-blacknell\/"},"modified":"2010-10-08T13:00:08","modified_gmt":"2010-10-08T17:00:08","slug":"about-mark-blacknell","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/about-mark-blacknell\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m Mark Blacknell.  By day (and often night), I&#8217;m an attorney who helps media companies and communications infrastructure providers navigate the legal and business challenges posed by various domestic and foreign regulatory agencies.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"imagefloatright\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/111\/269843106_fc409433bf_m.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not that it would be entirely wise to link all of them from here, but I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been posting my opinions to the Internet since 1993. While I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really consider this a blog, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve decided that it would be useful\/harmless enough to use Blacknell.net to offer a few unsolicited opinions and engage in the time-honored practice of endorsement-by-link.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t so much talk about the the law, though, as I do enough of that elsewhere.   Obviously, I can&#8217;t keep myself from going on about politics, but if you&#8217;re keen to do that, bring up the subject of <a href=\"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/category\/cycling\/\">cycling<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/category\/policy\/\">communications infrastructure<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/category\/content-distribution\/\">content distribution<\/a>.  I also do a <a href=\"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2007\/01\/11\/a-year-in-travel\/\">fair bit<\/a> of travel.  Occasionally I actually get around to <a href=\"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/category\/travel\/\">writing about it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>~<\/p>\n<p>I hope it goes without saying that these are my personal opinions, and should not be taken as those of my clients or any other organization with which I am involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m Mark Blacknell. By day (and often night), I&#8217;m an attorney who helps media companies and communications infrastructure providers navigate the legal and business challenges posed by various domestic and foreign regulatory agencies. 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