I find it astonishing. Do you all outside of the US have organized organizers like MoveOn.org and NetNeutrality.org who can reach out and rally the masses?
Roxanne On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 1:03 AM, Jay dedman <jay.ded...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > That's insane, fight it! > > Just as insane as our proposed mandatory internet filter here in > > Australia which I have spoken out about: > > > http://www.eevblog.com/2010/01/10/ot-the-australian-mandatory-internet-filter-folly/ > > Yeah, I read that the proposed internet filter would slow down the > entire web in Australia by 10-15%...all to protect people from child > porn. > > Joly is right that if laws are to be passed, better language must be > inserted to differentiate kinds of producers. But that also becomes a > slippery slope. How do you define "independent" or "commercial". Big > vs small. In the US, this is when anti-regulation folks make claim > that any government involvement just creates bureaucracy and arbitrary > enforcement. Lobbyists then make the rules. Taxes on the internet are > just around the corner. > > The proposed Net Neutrality in the US seems to be a pretty clear rule > that protects people's access to the internet from the whims of > corporations (since the internet pipes are all corporate owned). But > even here there are strong arguments that Net Neutrality is just the > FCC's way to start regulating the web. > > Currently, the web still has the smell of the Wild West, but the land > speculators are circling and the bulldozers are revving up. Is it just > the natural evolution of all human endeavors? > > > Jay > > -- > http://ryanishungry.com > http://momentshowing.net > http://twitter.com/jaydedman > 917 371 6790 > > > -- Roxanne Darling "o ke kai" means "of the sea" in hawaiian 808-384-5554 Video --> http://www.beachwalks.tv Company -- > http://www.barefeetstudios.com Twitter--> http://www.twitter.com/roxannedarling [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: videoblogging-dig...@yahoogroups.com videoblogging-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: videoblogging-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
