[ubuntu-us-ma] [Fwd: Demand Real Net Neutrality: Don't Let Hollywood Hijack the Internet]

[Daniel Hollocher]

Hey guys, I always find these debates interesting.

I always like to have the sources available to I can see the context.  So
for anyone else interested: here is the source document:
http://www.educause.edu/blog/agould/October222009FCCIssuesNoticeof/188056
(paragraph 139)

Additionally here is the law cited:
http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html#506

Dan



On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Drascus <enchantedvisionsband at yahoo.com>wrote:

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> Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:00:09 -0600 (CST)
> Subject: Demand Real Net Neutrality: Don't Let Hollywood Hijack the
> Internet
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> 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.
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> But is the FCC’s version of Net Neutrality the real deal? Or is it a fake?
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> 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."
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> For years, the entertainment industry has used that innocent-sounding
> phrase — "unlawful distribution of copyrighted works" — to pressure Internet
> service providers around the world to act as copyright cops — to surveil the
> Internet for supposed copyright violations, and then censor or punish the
> accused users.
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> From the beginning, a central goal of the Net Neutrality movement has been
> to prevent corporations from interfering with the Internet in this way — *so
> why does the FCC’s version of Net Neutrality specifically allow them to do
> so?*
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> Go to the Real Net Neutrality petition to tell the FCC that if it wants to
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