[Infowarrior] - Fwd: Demand Real Net Neutrality: Don't Let Hollywood Hijack the Internet

[Richard Forno]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Electronic Frontier Foundation <action at eff.org>
> Date: January 14, 2010 10:00:09 AM EST
>
> Last fall, the Federal Communications Commission proposed rules for  
> "Net Neutrality" -- a set of regulations intended to help innovation  
> and free speech continue to thrive on the Internet.
>
> But is the FCC's version of Net Neutrality the real deal? Or is it a  
> fake?
>
> Buried in the FCC's rules is a deeply problematic loophole. Open  
> Internet principles, the FCC writes, "do not...apply to activities  
> such as the unlawful distribution of copyrighted works."
>
> For years, the entertainment industry has used that innocent- 
> sounding phrase -- "unlawful distribution of copyrighted works" --  
> to pressure Internet service providers around the world to act as  
> copyright cops -- to surveil the Internet for supposed copyright  
> violations, and then censor or punish the accused users.
>
> From the beginning, a central goal of the Net Neutrality movement  
> has been to prevent corporations from interfering with the Internet  
> in this way -- so why does the FCC's version of Net Neutrality  
> specifically allow them to do so?
>
> Go to the Real Net Neutrality petition to tell the FCC that if it  
> wants to police the Internet, it first needs to demonstrate that it  
> can protect Internet users and innovators by standing up to powerful  
> industry lobbyists. Sign your name to demand that the copyright  
> enforcement loophole be removed:
>
> http://realnetneutrality.org/
>
> Sincerely,
> Electronic Frontier Foundation