I should sue John McCain. Three and a half years ago, writing about Net Neutrality, the attempt to guarantee the Internet stays free and open, I said that it was a slam-dunk issue being hampered by a lousy name -- one that evokes a tennis match in Switzerland or basketball players who don't choose sides. And I suggested some alternatives, including The Fast, Downloadable Porn Act and The Internet Freedom Act. Cut to last week, when McCain, the number one recipient of telecom campaign cash in Congress, introduced a bill that would effectively kill Net Neutrality. The name of his bill? The Internet Freedom Act! Paging George Orwell! War is Peace, Ignorance is Strength, and Freedom is... an Internet controlled by AT&T and Verizon. We can't let that happen. Support Net Neutrality. Let's start by giving it a better name.
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Art Brodsky: The Net Neutrality Quandry for Big Telecom: Fight or Deal?
Big Telecom is used to winning, and winning big. And yesterday, they lost as the FCC approved a Net neutrality proposed rule.
" A leaked draft of the Internet chapter of the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) reveals that ISPs will be held liable for the infringements of their customers, unless they disconnect those accused."
see article here:
http://torrentfreak.com/secret-anti-piracy-treaty-turns-isps-into-pirates-091104/
Basically with thousands of posts sites like youtube, flickr, etc will have to shut down..
. Arrianna, I am with you A BILLION percent. You will have a small army behind you, should the masses need to be called in to support the RIGHT thing.!!!! Thank you for the Huff post!!!!!
YOU ROCK!
We need to be able to access the little guy's blog at the same rate of speed as people access big company websites because the whole point of the Internet is to give everyone a chance, not just people with a lot of money and those who own media companies.
Freedom of Internet Access Act!
Freedom of Internet Access Act!
Freedom of Internet Access Act!
...well, you get the idea...we just have to get the word OUT already -- and find someone to sponsor the bill! Are you listening, Al Franken?!?!?!?!? (Now that he's finally in office.) Come on, you know Wellstone would have done it....
The Freedom of Internet Access Act!
Knowledge is power and if the knowledge of the American people is restricted, we're in for even more trouble than we've already got with biased and corporate owned media and journalists.
It is so frustrating that many Americans just hear the name of a proposed law and don't understand the bait and switch that is so often used. Too often, laws are named something that will sound good to most Americans and not get too much scrutiny or attention, and too often, those nice sounding laws end up doing the very opposite of what their name implies.
In addition to the knowledge the internet provides, our votes being counted is the only hope for real change. Here is another most critical issue Americans must stay on top of: http://www.commonblog.com/story/2009/9/17/131644/387
(we need to stick with the tried and true paper ballots that have worked for so long, get rid of ballots with chads, and most importantly, we must get rid of electronic voting!)
Internet Open Access Act.
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Alexandria, VA
What does Al Gore have to say about the future of his creation?