no doubt! this was also just published:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWt0XUocViE sull On 12/19/06, Jeff Pulver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Everyone. > > I'm Jeff Pulver and I've been around the world of Video on the Net for > quite some time, having first experimented with CuSeeMe back in > 1994/95 before getting involved with the world of VoIP first as a > hobby and obsession before losing my day job and making pulver.com my > full-time job in mid 1996. > > Today there is an eerie parallel that I see happening in the video > space that affected the world of VoIP back in 1996. Back in 1996 the > VoIP hype coming from the analyst and press community was so strong > that a large trade association filed a petition at the FCC known as > the "ACTA Petition" that asked for the sale and use of Internet > Telephony software to be banned in the US and the makers of the > software to be regulated like a phone company." This lead me to > working with friends in a grass roots effort which eventually lead to > getting 110 companies to form in March, 1996 something known as the > "Voice on the Net (VON) Coalition", an organization that is still > around today and deals with public policy issues surrounding VoIP and > works with Gov't on technology education. (www.von.org). > > The reason I mention this here on this list is that sometime in the > next year or so, with all of the new found attention this space is > getting and will continue to get, I fully expect some lobbyists to > whisper to someone of political influence in the US or elsewhere to > come forward once again and try to declare that there is very little > difference between the experience a consumer has with "TV on the Net" > as compared to TV delivered by Broadcast, Cable or Satellite and that > people who deliver TV over the Net should be subjected to some of the > legacy rules that everyone else who is in the broadcasting industry > needs to deal with. Chances are that such persons who start this fire > will be paid lobbyists who are trying to take a preemptive strike > against the future evolution of this emerging industry sector. > > For what it's worth, I just wanted to let you know that this is a > battle that when it happens while I am prepared to fight, it is one > which will needs everyone's help to win. And we will need to win this > battle since losing is not an option. > > Best Regards, Jeff > > > -- Sull http://vlogdir.com (a project) http://SpreadTheMedia.org (my blog) http://interdigitate.com (otherly) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
