Court Questions FCC Authority to Impose Net Neutrality

No decision has been made yet, but, if Friday’s arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals in DC are any indication, it doesn’t appear that the FCC will prevail in exerting its authority over Comcast. Losing this battle may be just what the FCC needs to move forward with its efforts to [1] formalize net neutrality guidelines.

[2] http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/186499/

Last fall, the Federal Communications Commission proposed rules for “Net Neutrality” — a set of regulations intended to help innovation and free speech continue to thrive on the Internet.

But is the FCC’s version of Net Neutrality the real deal? Or is it a fake?

Buried in the FCC’s rules is a deeply problematic loophole. Open Internet principles, the FCC writes, “do not… apply to activities such as the unlawful distribution of copyrighted works.”

[3] http://www.realnetneutrality.org/

Internet rights and you: What’s at stake?

Everything you need to know about Net Neutrality and ACTA

Government and trade officials are currently working on agreements that may affect your future Internet use. Some of the outcome may be good, some of it bad. Here’s a peek into some of these issues.

[4] http://media.www.usmfreepress.org/media/storage/paper311/news/2010/01/25/News/Internet.Rights.And.You.Whats.At.Stake-3857176.shtml

[5] Minority and Civil Rights Groups Slam Net Neutrality

by [6] Capitol Confidential In a stunning new development that observers say could significantly impact the ongoing debate regarding net neutrality, Big Government has confirmed that sixteen minority and civil rights groups recently submitted a joint filing to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) raising red flags regarding the policy’s potential effects.

[7] http://biggovernment.com/2010/01/25/minority-and-civil-rights-groups-slam-net-neutrality/

AEJMC Supports Net Neutrality

The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) urges the Federal Communications Commission to adopt rules preserving open and nondiscriminatory access to the internet.

The debate about network neutrality is complex and contentious, but we wish to address a specific myth advanced by network neutrality opponents: that this regulation would stifle innovation and create disincentives for investment in next-generation broadband networks.

The AEJMC rejects this claim.

[8] http://aejmc.org/topics/2010/01/aejmc-supports-net-neutrality/

‘Net Neutrality’ Key to Free and Open Internet

Posted by [9] Raymond on January 25, 2010

Andrew Keen of Arts + Labs, twists a Free Press statement about an important speech delivered by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (actual headline: “Free Press Echoes Secretary Clinton’s Call for Internet Freedom”) into an attack. He tries to drive a wedge into the broad alliance of individuals and organizations – Democrat and Republican, innovative companies and consumer groups, churches and libraries – that support the free and open Internet.

[10] http://www.disinfo.com/2010/01/net-neutrality-key-to-free-and-open-internet/

Free Press argues Net Neutrality is better than corporate control.  Which would you prefer?  Corporate control or Government control (hint: corporations don’t have guns)

 

 

Net Neutrality Dangers

Net Neutrality proponents argue that this policy will create an open and free internet while opponents cite the mechanisms that will be used to create this ‘open net”, namely centralized government controllers who will have the power to control the web like never before.