Zoe Lofgren steps up for Net neutrality
p2pnet news | Freedom:- US house judiciary committee chairman John Conyers and California’s Zoe Lofgren are doing what they can to stop powerful anti-consumer ISPs from discriminating against content in the Net neutrality battle.
They want to introduce a bill to compel US broadband providers to operate their networks, “in a reasonable and nondiscriminatory manner so that all content, applications and services are treated the same and have an equal opportunity to reach consumers,” says Reuters.
Network neutrality pits, “open-Internet advocates against some service providers, who say they need to take reasonable steps to manage ever-growing traffic on their networks,” says the story, going on:
“Some of network neutrality complaints have centered on charges that broadband companies were engaged in anti-competitive conduct, while others involved charges of political censorship.”
It’s possible to gauge how important an open Net is to the population at large by the fact Hollywood and the members of the Big 4 organised music cartel are also vehemently against it.
Fronted by their MPAA and RIAA, they’re using their immense financial, political and legal clout to try to make sure it doesn’t happen.
We’re not aware of the CRIA (Canadian Recording Industry Association of America) taking an official publicstance on Net neutrality, but where the RIAA goes, the CRIA invariably follows.
Concerned Canadians are organising a Net Neutrality rally on Ottawa’s Parliament Hill for May 27.
Stay tuned.
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Reuters – House panel chair offers network neutrality bill, May 8, 2008
p2pnet – Whitehouse gets Top Copyright Cop, May 8, 2008
vehemently against it – New RIAA bid to block Net neutrality, May 7, 2008
Net Neutraility rally – May 27 — be there OR BE THROTTLED May 9, 2008
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May 10th, 2008 at 3:33 am
So this is how business is done? I have 2 blocks of chocolate and 3 customers who each want a block. I take the block payment from each, but due to increased demand, the solution I claim is I have to divide them up into 3 parts.
In reality, how would they react to this? Rather, somebody could not be served, or the owner would order in more chocolate to service the demand.
May 10th, 2008 at 3:38 am
“Why we can’t give our customers what they paid for”. Many of these ISP spokesmen would make fine politicians. If they can’t provide what is paid for, they need to cancel their contracts and re-imburse their customers. Otherwise it is theft, fraud, and deceptive business practice.