tom271 opened this issue on Aug 09, 2010 ยท 28 posts
Rayraz posted Tue, 10 August 2010 at 7:38 PM
Content isnt the problem.. the problem is access to content.. no organization can keep you from setting up a webhosting server and hosting malicious, illegal or dangerous web content. So content will always be available.. but content is nothing if others arent able to access it... right now there are many many organizations that want to control the content on the net, from record labels to entire governments. By giving the FCC exclusive authority over the service that supplies us with access to this content, and by making them explicitly unable to have authority over the content itself, there is no longer a link between the content and the access to it.
This means the FCC cannot force removal of content. And any parties that might be able to force removal of content cannot force access providers to block access to the content. I really dont see how that is a bad thing.
The FCC has not been silent, it has in fact been rejecting the proposal:
http://www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2010/db0809/DOC-300754A1.pdf
The FCC wants to make decisions rather then simply discuss issues. Within the Verizon-Google proposal the FCC does not have the legislative power to make decisions, but only to maintain decisions made.
If it wouldnt have been rejected though, you wont get to pay more, thats what the whole non-discrimination requirement is about...
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