Internet Unification Bill

[Hermes]

Orwellian doubletalk about "internet freedom" means as little as the Statue of Liberty on the bonds given to Hank Rearden.

The rules would, in effect, keep the companies that own the internet's real-world infrastructure from slowing down some types of websites or apps -- say, those belonging to a competitor -- or speeding up others from high-paying clients.

The commission's agenda says the vote will address "basic rules of the road to preserve the open internet as a platform for innovation, investment, competition and free expression."

If it passes, as it is expected to do, the plan will go before Congress for final approval. That isn't expected to happen until the new Congress, elected in November, takes office next year.

Internet-freedom advocates have called the rules a step in the right direction but say they don't go far enough.

Start here, follow the links... for as much as you can stand ...

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/12/20/fcc.net.neutrality/index.html?hpt=T1

[Steve D'Ippolito]

If I am not mistaken this is more commonly known as "Net Neutrality"

Yuck.

[VcatoV]

Yes, and the left has definitely hijacked the narrative. Words such as "Net Neutrality" and "open web/open community" (not mistaken with opensource) sound appealing to most people who don't take the time to figure out what is really happening. Thus the "evil corporations" are trying to "censor" the web, restricting freedom (and who isn't for the first amendment?).

It's an uphill battle, but we have to reclaim the narrative. I mean come on guys, as Oist, we spend the majority of our time correcting and defining the muddled mess anyway.

[brianleepainter]

Unfortunately, although not surprised, the opponent's arguments to net neutrality didn't even give

notice that this issue shows how property rights are not being applied and upheld. I was reminded

of Rands article "The Property Status of Airwaves".

Here is another video, where the correspondent gives an analogy of the usage bandwidth to that

of a tube-like system. So, the example given shows that bandwidth is a limited resource yet this

salient point is hardly considered?

net neutrality

Preserving freedom through more regulation? What an inversion.

[CapitalistSwine]

Both the left and the right lost out on this one. What a surprise...

Obama FCC Caves on Net Neutrality -- Tuesday Betrayal Assured

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/timothy-karr/obama-fcc-caves-on-net-ne_b_799435.html

Edited December 22, 2010 by CapitalistSwine