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Sen. Franken: 'We Can't Lose Net Neutrality'

Timothy Karr | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Timothy Karr

Net Neutrality protects a level playing field on the Internet, where anyone can connect, create and innovate. Without Net Neutrality, Al Franken says, Internet service providers would be able to return as gatekeepers to all expression.

Ryan Grim

Mitch McConnell Accuses Obama Of Plan To Seize Internet

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON - Mitch McConnell took to the Senate floor Tuesday to warn that the Obama administration is on the verge of nationalizing the Internet, cha...

Will Comcast's "Racquet-eers" Put the Squeeze on the Net?

Art Brodsky | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Art Brodsky

Every once in a while, an obscure bureaucratic notice can crack open some wide vistas of unintended understanding. So it was when the FCC recently addressed a complaint filed by the Tennis Channel against Comcast.

Net Neutrality Versus the Telecom Pirates

Michael Rose | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Michael Rose

Increasing broadband access worries some who fear it will lead to more piracy. But others are more concerned about "corporate pirates" who've tried to hijack control of the Internet for their own commercial benefit.

Reviving Independent Programming: Connecting HDTV to the Web

Maxine Goldenson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Maxine Goldenson

A number of companies have been working to provide consumers with the means to connect HDTVs to the Internet. I believe when this technology ultimately enters the mainstream it could very well lead to cultural, economic and political changes that affect how our content is produced, and specifically who will be producing it.

How The FCC Can Save The Internet

Mother Jones | Nick Baumann | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology

This week, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals dealt what looked like a deathblow to "net neutrality," the principle that Internet providers shouldn't get...

Comcast Finds Winning Is a B*tch

Art Brodsky | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Art Brodsky

Congratulations, Comcast. You restored your good name and reputation by beating back the FCC. Of course, the story isn't all that simple, is it? Because the hidden story is that if Comcast were smart, it would never have brought the case.

US Court Rules AGAINST FCC On Net Neutrality

AP | JOELLE TESSLER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology

WASHINGTON — A federal court threw the future of Internet regulations into doubt Tuesday with a far-reaching decision that went against the Fede...

Federal Court Rules FCC Lacks Authority to Regulate Net Neutrality

Alexander Howard | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Alexander Howard

The ruling is a significant victory for Comcast , which had been involved in a dispute with the FCC over network filtering of P2P filesharing software.

The Internet Must Not Become a Segregated Community

Malkia A. Cyril | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Malkia A. Cyril

The big phone and cable companies want to get rid of Net Neutrality and control how the public accesses the Internet. This threat to Internet freedom isn't hypothetical.

FCC Commissioner's Scare Tactics Reach New Low

Josh Silver | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Josh Silver

FCC Commissioner McDowell suggests that any FCC decision that supports Net Neutrality -- the idea that the Internet must be free and open -- is somehow tantamount to government regulation of content.

The FCC's Comcast Decision: One Giant Step in a Longer March

Gigi Sohn | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Gigi Sohn

Nobody should confuse "groundbreaking precedent" with an adequate solution to the problem of broadband service providers using their bottleneck powers to pick winners and losers on the Internet.