Posts Tagged with ‘Net-neutrality’

Choosing a cause for Bloggers Unite was a daunting task this week. With earthquakes and cyclones wiping out vast portions of China and Myanmar, Darfur still in crisis and a world full of tragedies to choose from, in the end I chose an issue closer to home: network neutrality. Why? Because without the free internet we currently have under grandfathered network neutrality ideals, we would not be hearing about the other tragedies, nor would we be able to rally people [...]

The latest bits of news to emerge from the mess surrounding P2P file sharing are quite incredible. So much so that we simply couldn’t resist sharing them with you.
One involves a surprising play by an anti-Net-neutrality party against a particular ISP’s unsavory actions. Another has to do with the RIAA and its seriously disturbing efforts to put into law – vicariously through American legislators, of course – a higher education bill (you may view the corresponding PDF here) that will [...]

When you hear or read the term “Net neutrality,” what do you think? “Yes, please?” “We still talking about that stuff?” Perhaps you don’t really care one way or another.
Whatever your opinion on the subject might be, the fact of the matter is that we’ve got a ways to go before it’s a dead one. With members of the US Senate Commerce Committee now looking into cases involving ISPs and charges against them having to do with inaccurate (and maybe [...]

The topic of Net neutrality was recently looked into by the US Justice Department, after the battle in the states over pros and cons reached noise levels warranting its comment on the matter. Unfortunately, the promoters of an equal-for-all Internet landscape for content owners, content distributors, and content consumers alike have seen Washington’s legal department play its hand opposite their own. While the decision is hardly set in stone (again, it was only a "comment"), it surely comes as a [...]

Web radio stations all across the United States will be observing a "Day of Silence" today in protest of the U.S. government's intention to raise royalties to record companies and artists. The protest was organized by Kurt Hanson who publishes the Radio and Internet Newsletter. The participating stations want users to take note of what Web radio will sound like if they are driven out of business by the 300 percent increase in royalties they will have to pay if [...]