FCC to Vote on Internet Regulation Plan Despite Economic Warnings

[Gerald]

Since you mentioned China as an example, and their top-down regulation of the Internet, the whole country is a great firewall alone is a major limitation for itself, this will not happen in the U.S. but still a blow to freedom,but some jobs will not disappear, rather the opposite.

[GoldenRivet]

Boo hiss man!

no regulation on free information!

[Ducimus]

You know... sorta related, but i gotta say; the movie quote , "The matrix has you..." has a very real meaning when you realize that both your paycheck from work, and your entertainment at home, both stem from the internet. The day i realized that, I wasn't sure to laugh or cry.

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

Boo hiss man!

no regulation on free information!

Yeah !!! Media is bought, the internet is the only free source of unbiassed information (if you know how to dig trough junk). ******* the politican sweet talk, any law is writen so it can be abused when their political asses are in danger

[Penguin]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

Personally, i fail to see how this is a bad thing.

Ususally bitter pills are sugar-coated.
While I was looking for the proposal, wondering why I couldn't find it, I found this (good) comment: http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/...sh-to-regulate

With so much competition, freedom, and fluidity in the Web universe, it’s hard to believe the Federal Communications Commission may vote Tuesday on a largely secret proposal to impose tough strictures on the Internet.

secret proposal doen't sound good...
now I know why I couldn't find the proposal, even on the FCC site...

Here is a describtion of the rules they try to propose:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/n...exemptions.ars

Consumers are entitled to run applications and use services of their choice, subject to the needs of law enforcement

This may sound ok on the first read, but the second half makes my stomach ache. For example this could lead that encryption could be made illegal...

Originally Posted by Betonov

Yeah !!! Media is bought, the internet is the only free source of unbiassed information (if you know how to dig trough junk). ******* the politican sweet talk, any law is writen so it can be abused when their political asses are in danger

Yup, but I like to differ: Any idiot can make a photo with his cam phone, write something under it and put it up on the web. Who of us has the resources to work on a story for several months, do the research, try to include several pov's, etc? This is what the quality media used to do, and some of it still do. The paper, which I cited before (CSM), was one of the few US newspapers that had their own net of correspondents and did not only copy agency news - a "journalism" which is common today.

[Wolfehunter]

Originally Posted by Penguin

secret proposal doen't sound good...
now I know why I couldn't find the proposal, even on the FCC site...

Here is a describtion of the rules they try to propose:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/n...exemptions.ars
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Aren't there laws that address these issues already? Why are they making similar laws on top of similar laws?

Or is this net neutrality a forced by the US onto other nations to comply with networks? I though ACTA was for that?

From what I read above article its not a neutral law but an aggressive one to eliminate whats left of our semi free net.

I just love how they twist words... or are vague in the details...