This is interesting: a proposed U.S. federal government takeover of the internet and not a single comment from any FFL pundit. Can anyone say "Obamanet"? Go figure.
Hillary Calls for Regulating Internet: 'It's a Foot in the Door' http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/hillary-calls-regulating-internet-its-foot-door_866080.html# http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/hillary-calls-regulating-internet-its-foot-door_866080.html# ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <richard@...> wrote : "Utility regulation was designed to maintain the status quo, and it succeeds. This is why the railroads, Ma Bell and the local water monopoly were never known for innovation. The Internet was different because its technologies, business models and creativity were permissionless. This week Mr. Obama’s bureaucrats will give him the regulated Internet he demands. Unless Congress or the courts block Obamanet, it will be the end of the Internet as we know it." From Internet to Obamanet http://www.wsj.com/articles/l-gordon-crovitz-from-internet-to-obamanet-1424644324 http://www.wsj.com/articles/l-gordon-crovitz-from-internet-to-obamanet-1424644324 From Internet to Obamanet http://www.wsj.com/articles/l-gordon-crovitz-from-internet-to-obamanet-1424644324 In The Wall Street Journal, Information Age columnist L. Gordon Crovitz writes that BlackBerry and AT&T are already making moves that could exploit new ‘uti... View on www.wsj.com http://www.wsj.com/articles/l-gordon-crovitz-from-internet-to-obamanet-1424644324 Preview by Yahoo
