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>The idea that an ISP could just arbitrarily block a given site without being paid a fee and without getting sued to oblivion is silly. From the summary items
by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
>The idea that an ISP could just arbitrarily block a given site without being paid a fee and without getting sued to oblivion is silly.
From the summary items listed here[1], NN explicitly bans blocking of websites.
If NN is repealed, wouldn't that make it legal? And if it is legal, wouldn't that make any lawsuits against it frovolous?
[1]https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/03/12/392544534/fcc-publishes-full-text-of-net-neutrality-rules https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/03/12/392544534...
- ocdtrekkie 9y agoThe fact that an extraneous law is removed doesn't make everything explicitly banned by it legal. There's already a litany of laws regarding unfair and anticompetitive business practices which have been and will continue to be illegal. I find most net neutrality advocates seem to ignore this entirely. We have existing laws that, appropriately applied by regulations, already would prohibit an ISP from barring access to a competitor's content services.
- wu-ikkyu 9y agoSo it's a redundant fail safe then? Why remove a failsafe?