Posts Tagged: Congress shall make no law

CyberLaw / Internet and Society / Network Neutrality / The Public Domain — No Comments
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Jan 10

Do you know who the EFF is?

The Electronic Frontier Foundation is a non-profit civil liberties organization that defends your rights in the digital world. The EFF is responsible for weighing in on some of the nations toughest issues such as network neutrality, online privacy, peer-to-peer file sharing, and intellectual property. Their contributions have also given momentum for or against certain technologies like RFID, DMCA, Real ID, DRM, and a host of others aimed at enhancing, restricting, or abusing civil liberties of the general public.

Earlier this month they helped a blogger subpoenaed by the TSA, which subsequently the TSA not only backed down but ended up buying him another computer. They also keep the public aware of what is going on behind the scenes at that place we all know and love on the Internet called “Facebook”. Who really knows who your Facebook friends are? Well read the article and find out. I am confident you’ll be shocked to find out that the place we find all warm and fuzzy is actually anything but.

Network Neutrality — No Comments
20
Dec 09

Web company CEOs call for net neutrality rules

Net neutrality rules prohibiting broadband providers from selectively blocking or slowing Web content and applications will allow an Internet “where consumers make the ultimate choices about which products succeed and which fail,” the letter said. “This allows businesses of all sizes, from the smallest startup to larger corporations, to compete, yielding maximum economic growth and opportunity.”

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“Entrepreneurs, technologists, and venture capitalists have previously been able to develop new online products and services with the guarantee of neutral, nondiscriminatory access by users, which has fueled an unprecedented era of economic growth and creativity,” the letter said. “Existing businesses have been able to leverage the power of the Internet to develop innovative product lines, reach new consumers, and create new ways of doing business.”

via Web company CEOs call for net neutrality rules.