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See, that doesn't make any sense. "The Internet" is not being placed under any form of "political control". The ISPs, the people with the last-mile pipes are be
by tbrownaw 17y ago
See, that doesn't make any sense. "The Internet" is not being placed under any form of "political control". The ISPs, the people with the last-mile pipes are becoming regulated in the same manner as the phone companies already are. There's no more danger of the FCC banning bittorrent than there is of them banning phone sex operators; this reclassification DOES NOT give the FCC the power to ban sites/protocols/etc.
- dantheman 17y agoThroughout history innovation and technology progressed and then became regulated, once regulated entrenched powers used regulation to stifle competition and cement their positions. This has happened again and again. Look at the history of the ICC for a brief example. If this was in reaction to a serious problem some might say it's justified, but as of right now we don't have any problems so lets let things progress naturally.