Net Neutrality

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Adelstein and Copps: Voices at the FCC for a Free and Open Internet

Timothy Karr | Posted 07.25.2008 | Media

Read More: SavetheInternet.Com, Kevin Martin, Internet Policy, Free Press, Comcast, Fcc, Net Neutrality, Matt Stoller, Media News

It's unusual for federal bureaucrats to achieve rock star status, but two commissioners at the FCC have amassed an enthusiastic fan base among the emerging "Open Internet" movement.

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Every Major Senate Democratic Challenger Backs Network Neutrality

Open Left | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Cable Lobby, Senate Telecoms, Telecom Lobby, Democrats Senate 2008, Senate Net Neutrality, Net Neutrality, Democratic Senate Candidates, Politics News

For the last few months, we've been posting Democratic Senate challenger positions on net neutrality here at OpenLeft. Since we started posting, we'v...

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Netroots Should Tend To The Net's Roots

Art Brodsky | Posted 07.16.2008 | Media

Read More: Netroots, Internet, Technology, Fcc, Net Neutrality, Netroots Nation, Media News

No discussion of the Internet should be complete without a discussion of preserving and protecting the online environment. The big telecom and cable companies want to control which data goes faster.

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Internet Users Stop Comcast, Net Neutrality Win on the Horizon

Timothy Karr | Posted 07.11.2008 | Media

Read More: Internet, Fcc, Comcast, Cable, Kevin Martin, SavetheInternet.Com, Net Neutrality, Media News

Against every ounce of conventional wisdom in Washington, everyday citizens and consumer advocates have taken on a major corporation and won a major victory.

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Minneapolis: Something's Happening Here

Craig Aaron | Posted 06.05.2008 | Media

Read More: Lawrence Lessig, National Conference for Media Reform, Craig Newmark, Free Press, Arianna Huffington, Net Neutrality, Minneapolis, Tim Wu, ncmr2008, Media News

This could be the first presidential election where the Internet is an issue. I don't mean using the Internet as a political tool ... I mean a bona fide election issue. There's a lot at stake.

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Washington Post Hides Corporate Interests In "Web Cop" Editorial

Art Brodsky | Posted 06.03.2008 | Media

Read More: Internet, Washington Post, Federal Communications Commission, Net Neutrality, Media News

There's a lot of mischief that cable and telephone companies can perpetrate, and it's not at all clear that the FCC would have the authority to punish them.

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Free Speech in the 21st Century

Timothy Karr | Posted 05.09.2008 | Media

Read More: Net Neutrality, Free Speech, Internet Regulation, Media News

The nation's largest phone and cable providers have proposed a closed scheme of Internet fees and filters that affords them the final say over which ideas make it to the top of the heap.

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Why The 'Right' Gets Net Neutrality Wrong

Art Brodsky | Posted 05.05.2008 | Media

Read More: Internet, Net Neutrality, Media News

What is it about individual freedom that "conservatives" like the American Spectator and Dick Armey don't like?

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Big Media Continues to Fight Against Net Neutrality

Jonathan Rintels | Posted 04.25.2008 | Media

Read More: Telecom, Fcc, Save the Net, Federal Communications Commission, Net Neutrality, Network Neutrality, Media News

It's time for the government to implement reasonable oversight that protects consumers and content creators, and preserves the open Internet we enjoy today.

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Hollywood Creatives Call for Net Neutrality

Timothy Karr | Posted 04.22.2008 | Media

Read More: Net Neutrality Laws, Justine Bateman, Patric Verrone, Net Neutrality, Media News

Two leaders of Hollywood's creative community today called upon the Senate to guarantee that the Internet remains a free-flowing medium for independent writers, producers and filmmakers.

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FCC Chief: No Need To Make Internet Regulations More Clear, Open

AP | JOHN DUNBAR | Posted 04.22.2008 | Media

Read More: Kevin Martin, Fcc, FCC Net Neutrality, Net Neutrality, Media News

WASHINGTON — Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said Tuesday his agency has all the authority it needs to prevent Internet ...

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The "Other" Big Event Tomorrow

John Kerry | Posted 04.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic National Committee, Net Neutrality, John Kerry, Pennsylvania Primary, Net Neutrality Laws, Politics News

From the economic value of Internet activity to the social value of the new models of organization, the free flow of information on the Internet is a vital part of this nation's future.

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Comcast: Worst. Company. Ever.

Craig Aaron | Posted 04.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Kevin Martin, Fcc, Mona Shaw, Comcast, Bittorrent, Free Press, Net Neutrality, Business News

I'll admit that we can't (yet) connect Comcast to child labor, environmental destruction or Dick Cheney. But I'm not alone in my seething rage for the nation's largest cable company.

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Yo FCC - Listen to the Christian Coalition of America!

Kip Williams | Posted 04.18.2008 | Media

Read More: Fcc, Christian Coalition, Net Neutrality, FCC Christian Coalition, Kevin Morris, Media News

We're all very busy working on our own specific issues, but if we don't hold the government accountable to do the right thing on Net Neutrality, we're all going to have a much more difficult time making space for change.

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50-Year-Old Virgin Wants to Screw the Internet

Timothy Karr | Posted 04.15.2008 | Media

Read More: Video, Richard Branson, Neil Berkett, Media, Net Neutrality, Media News

Billionaire Richard Branson needs to call one of his boys out to the woodshed: his top man at Virgin Media stated his plans to undermine the basic freedoms upon which the Internet was built.

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Rank Disappointment

Craig Aaron | Posted 04.09.2008 | Business

Read More: New York Times, Broadband, Net Neutrality, Derek Turner, World Economic Forum, Business News

Consumers in South Korea, France and Qatar pay less for broadband connections that are much faster than we have here. These countries have policies that foster more choice and innovation.

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OK Go: The Heat is On an Open Internet

Timothy Karr | Posted 04.05.2008 | Media

Read More: Video, Congress, OK Go, Fcc, Net Neutrality, Open Internet, Verizon, Verizon NARAL, AT&T, AT&T Censorship, Internet Freedom Preservation Act, Verizon Censoring, Comcast, Censorship, AT&T Pearl Jam, Media News

For an excellent perspective on net neutrality, read Saturday's New York Times op-ed by OK Go guitarist Damian Kulash.

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Stanford Hearing an Internet Wake-Up Call

Timothy Karr | Posted 04.04.2008 | Media

Read More: Internet Policy, Internet, Verizon, Comcast Net Neutrality, Comcast Web, AT&T, AT&T Censorship, Verizon Censoring, Verizon Net Neutrality, Comcast, AT&T Net Neutrality, Net Neutrality, Media News

There's no better time to hear from us. Comcast has been caught blocking BitTorrent, Verizon has been caught blocking text messages, AT&T wants to inspect and filter Web traffic.

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Will Anti-Net Neutrality Flack Mike McCurry Testify For Consumers Against Comcast?

Jonathan Rintels | Posted 03.30.2008 | Media

Read More: Michael D. McCurry, Mike McCurry, Comcast Net Neutrality, Comcast, Net Neutrality, Media News

If McCurry is called to testify on behalf of consumers' rights in their class action against Comcast, would he be what lawyers call a "hostile witness?"

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America's Internet Future Looking Like Its Past

Timothy Karr | Posted 03.21.2008 | Media

Read More: Internet, Verizon, Verizon Abortion, Verizon NARAL, AT&T, Verizon Text Messages, Verizon Net Neutrality, Verizon Censoring, Wireless Spectrum, Net Neutrality, Media News

Without action to restore Net Neutrality protections, the Web we get may be blinkered by phone and cable companies' ability to restrict the content and applications we may want to use.

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Movie Spies Are Fun; Movies' Spying On The Internet Is Not

Art Brodsky | Posted 03.16.2008 | Media

Read More: Internet, Mpaa, Net Neutrality, Media News

Net Neutrality has nothing to do with prohibiting innovation or for making movies available in the future. If anything, a free and open Internet would put all movie makers on equal footing.

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Does Big Media's One-Two Punch Knock Out the Internet?

Jonathan Rintels | Posted 03.16.2008 | Media

Read More: Telecom, Fcc, Cable, Television, Federal Communications Commission, Tv, Broadcasting, Save the Net, Net Neutrality, Networkneutrality, Media News

Last week's opening of Hulu and the MPAA's vehement denunciation of net neutrality are intimately related, a double-barreled shot aimed at the heart of the open Internet.

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Net Neutrality Naughty?

Jonathan Handel | Posted 03.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Piracy, Mpaa, Breaking Media News, Dan Glickman, Hollywood, Breaking Entertainment News, Net Neutrality, Showest, Media News

Hollywood studios are taking a position on net neutrality -- the principle that ISPs should not discriminate against small users when providing network bandwidth -- and they're against it.

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F.C.C. Chairman: Comcast "Packing" No Big Deal

Portfolio | Sam Gustin | Posted 03.05.2008 | Business

Read More: Harvard Law School, Comcast, Net Neutrality, Jennifer Khoury, Fcc, FCC Hearing, Network Neutrality, FCC Comcast Hearing, Business News

The Federal Communications Commission acknowledges that Comcast, the nation's largest cable company, paid people to attend last week's public meeting ...

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Telcos Turn to Stalin for Help Against Net Neutrality

Timothy Karr | Posted 03.04.2008 | Media

Read More: Verizon, Net Neutrality Laws, Comcast Net Neutrality, Net Neutrality Wall Street Journal, AT&T, Andy Kessler, Verizon Net Neutrality, Comcast, John C. Dvorak, Wall Street Journal, AT&T Net Neutrality, Net Neutrality, Media News

You would hope that Wall Street Journal editors had learned enough public policy by now to pull their writers' frequent rants against it into line with actual history.

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