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- RSS14, on 03/14/2008, -0/+37***** you MPAA!
- pimpofpixels, on 03/14/2008, -2/+34What a case of bogus priorities. 'Let's censor the last unmitigated bastion of free speech so that the movie and music industries don't lose money'. There's a big difference between free market capitalism and monopoly. Consolidation is the sworn enemy of free market capitalism, and to try to justify the MPAA’s position as the pursuit of less "government regulation" is a complete fallacy. When there's an essential service and you've only got one provider than that provider becomes a government of sorts. It's the obligation of our democratically elected government to keep corporate governments from encroaching on our civil rights. We've already seen our country fall behind concerning the speed and availability of high speed internet access on account of these consolidated companies having no competitive incentive. It's time for a government by the people and for the people to stand up FOR THE PEOPLE!
If Hollywood want’s to lower the rates of movie piracy then let them figure out how to make the legitimate movie experience better than the illegal experience. I bought the No Country for Old Men DVD a few days ago. There were 4 advertisements at the beginning. A quit smoking ad with a cowboy singing “you don’t always die from tobacco” than a BluRay ad, followed by tailors for National Treasure II and Gone Baby Gone. I bought the movie, SPARE ME THE ADS! At this rate the illegal experience is going to be better than the legal one before long.
The movie industry is to blame for it’s own problems. The nature of media is changing, and the movie industry is going to have to adapt. The intention to crush one of the most powerful forces for good that the modern age has invented in order to save a few billion in DVD and CD sales is a sick undertaking. Write your senators and congressmen often. - sgtcaboose, on 03/14/2008, -1/+23Quote: "The big reason for the MPAA's opposition to neutrality is the group's fear that neutrality rules could prevent ISPs from installing deep packet inspection gear that would attempt to filter the downloading of copyrighted content."
Which could also allow alot more than simply filtering out copyrighted content.. - hawkspur, on 03/14/2008, -3/+20If we truly had a free market in the realm of broadband access, you would be correct. However, myriad locations throughout the US are dominated by complete monopolies, thus giving the end-user no choice if they want broadband internet access. That being said, millions of customers are left with the choice of throttled, filtered traffic or no access whatsoever. Net Neutrality is important.
- coultercrat, on 03/14/2008, -1/+16They claim its necessary for Public Tax dollars to build their networks, but then once the networks are built they say "WOAH, Quit cramping our business"
- Hangly, on 03/14/2008, -3/+18I know you're retarded because you referred to the internet as "the web."
Oh and TCP/IP, UDP/IP, HTTP, FTP, Apache, DNS/BIND, DHCP, and all the other software and protocols that make the internet go sure as ***** hell are open source. - lukitubex, on 03/14/2008, -5/+19How come the MPAA just doesn't die like Michael Jacksons reputation?
The web is opensource!!! Seriously: http://digg.com/tech_news/The_worlds_first_bitTorr ... - bosssmiley, on 03/14/2008, -2/+16"The Imperial March"?
- SOS84, on 03/14/2008, -1/+13Morons like SHv2 who have no understanding of market forces need to shut their mouths. Letting the market "decide" how products evolve ONLY works when you have a free and open market, something we do not have in this instance. Net neutrality is pro-American. We need it, and whether or not these fools at the MPAA know it, they need. Without it, Comcast et al will continue to find "unique" ways of maximizing profits without actually upgrading infrastructure at the expense of the consumer as this is not an open market. Eventually, there will not be enough bandwidth, or we will be so far behind in bandwidth and bandwidth penetration that they these companies will not be able to distribute their materials. This my friends is a fact.
- Zippo, on 03/14/2008, -2/+14***** the MPAA and ***** the RIAA.
- falafelkiosken, on 03/14/2008, -2/+13why don't the MPAA move to Burma, China or Iran, there they already censor and monitor the internet
- pigfister, on 03/14/2008, -1/+11great vid explaining why net neutrality is important and not handed over to the corporations to deem what they think is an acceptable service for you cash.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP_3WnJ42kw
at least someone is on the peoples side on this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-mW1qccn8k - pimpofpixels, on 03/14/2008, -0/+9The sad thing is they didn't even finish the networks.
- cidman2001, on 03/14/2008, -1/+10I agree that the RIAA/MPAA are completely out of their minds if they think the ISP's are going to be their savior. I bet the ISP's are already schemeing ways they can make huge profits from these idiots. I would say asking the ISP's to help them is like asking Satan to purge evil from your congregation....what a bunch of dumbasses. Selling your souls to the devil is never a good idea.
- thebellmaster1x, on 03/14/2008, -2/+10Well, heck, just another reason to have net neutrality.
- chris9902, on 03/14/2008, -1/+9The MPAA need theme music.
- inactive, on 03/14/2008, -0/+8My only comment.
Sometimes ***** hurts when it comes out. - 2h3px, on 03/14/2008, -1/+8MPA boss: Hey, we're douchebags.
- inactive, on 03/14/2008, -0/+7Don't go to it, brings up about 4 million dialogue boxes.
- thebellmaster1x, on 03/14/2008, -3/+10Uh, no. The Internet is a public resource. It is not owned by a single ISP.
- capiCrimm, on 03/14/2008, -0/+7how the ***** did you just Rick Roll me?
- thestaton, on 03/14/2008, -1/+8Obama 08. The internet will be free to the people.
- xkorbin, on 03/14/2008, -0/+6Large settlements are probably close to finanical sodomy.
- phazon88, on 03/14/2008, -1/+7***** the ***** *****!
- latova, on 03/14/2008, -3/+8Well, the MPAA would have to change skin colour and go to court over child molestation.
- b5c9, on 03/14/2008, -0/+5ISP's please move to Switzerland so they will remain neutral.
- inactive, on 03/14/2008, -0/+5[that url with uuiU]
- pintomp3, on 03/14/2008, -1/+6to the ignorant ***** who keep claiming net neutrality is about "the government regulating the internet". it's about preventing the telco's from regulating it. it's about keeping the internet neutral, the way it is. this is the main feature that has made the internet a success. the ISPs want to create tiers in order to increase profits, stifle competition, and possibly snuff out undesirable voices.
- ryeland, on 03/14/2008, -1/+6When you have an essential service (as the internet is quickly becoming one) like power or gas you need to be in a regulated environment. No other company can come into your subdivision and give you gas because the supplier owns the only pipes in the area. If left unregulated that supplier could charge whatever the f**k they want, because no competition can come in. The internet functions on the same premise, a select few companies own the fiberoptic backbones, if left to their own devices they will destroy the market. Allowing an ISP to censor content on behalf of the highest bidder is wrong. Putting software and hardware in that censors the flow of information is wrong. Do you trust the ISP's and the corporations that pay them with what information you can read? I sure as hell don't.
Net Neutrality isn't about the MPAA or the RIAA or even about Intellectual Property, its about ensuring that its harder for people to only show you what they want to show you as opposed to showing you the truth. - luchid, on 03/14/2008, -3/+7Stupid analogy by stupid ignorant *****.
- inactive, on 03/14/2008, -1/+5***** Bush and ***** cheney
- Terr01, on 03/14/2008, -0/+3Hah, wasn't a problem for me: Opera has a "stop running script on this page" tickbox for each of those boxes. Tick once, click OK, and it's over.
- rabidsloth, on 03/14/2008, -1/+4It's the end of free speech as we know it, and i feel sick.....
Denying net neutrality is asking for 1984 to become non-fiction, Orwell is turning in his grave - Hangly, on 03/14/2008, -0/+2or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IImhchDkHIk
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQUFQ_N0JI8 - TTURabble, on 03/14/2008, -1/+3Network Neutrality will make sure your porn isn't blocked, not the other way around.
not all regulation is bad. - capiCrimm, on 03/15/2008, -0/+2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIND
BSD license right there in the sidebar. BSD may be open source compatible, but it is not open source in the common sense(since it can be used in proprietary closed-source code).
As for IIS, it captures a 1/3 of the market regardless. I brought it up because it shows that not all of the web backbone is Open Source. Before Apache even less of it was. Java, for example only recently opened up its source. - miseleigh, on 03/15/2008, -0/+1The reason we don't have a free market today is because of government regulations.... so you want more of them? That sounds backwards. You might get the results you're looking for, but it would be temporary. Basic service costs would go up because ISPs couldn't use advertising and tiered services to offset them. Instead, let's get the government out of the way, and let people make it clear to service providers that we'll choose companies with lower costs and better service.
- jazzbeaux, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1As many here have noted, the RIAA and MPAA insist upon clinging to outdated economic and business models. Record companies have little reason to exist any longer--at least little reason to exist except to enrich themselves at everyone else's expense. There is still an argument to be made about the MPAA, since there are still cinemas and such to deal with.
However, the issue remains that if these bodies wish to remain relevant, they have to realise, much like buggy makers and candle makers did decades ago, that there are newer and better ways to achieve things...and buggy makers either moved to automobile production or they died trying to force their outdated product upon a society who didn't want them.
This is the last dying gasp of the Age of the Dinosaurs. They'll be extinct soon, and they don't like that notion. However, it will happen, regardless...and our job is to make sure the pitiful bastards don't take our liberties and privacy along with 'em. - tendonut, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1I want to be Jen. I always wanted to be a hero for something that effects the world.
- Scheissen, on 03/15/2008, -0/+1Left-wingers, fly into action!
Net Neutrality is asking for government regulation. Your same government used taxpayer money to pay these telecoms for cables all for the sake of 'improving the infrastructure.' The government created these monopolies based on geography and who has the better paid lobbyists. Is it no wonder that free-markets are coming under attack when capitalists have to spend money against a sociofascist government that shouldn't even be doing such things.
Liberalism is the new aristocracy, you don't care that charging you more for more bandwidth that you consume may actually lower the rates for the casual user in the poor communities.
Telecoms have no right to deep packet inspection because that is invasion of privacy. - objectivist, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1The Dark Crystal Returns
This time the crystal was cracked by the MPAA/RIAA. - miseleigh, on 03/15/2008, -0/+1And a decade of government regulation... you want more of that?
- scamper22, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1Why is the government even listening to these fools.
For all their flaws, professional organization should be the main arbiter is these kinds of issues.
If the government wants consultation on medical issues...contact the AMA
If the government wants consultation on networks...contact the IEEE or something
I'm sure each of these groups has some special interest, but they also have professional knowledge and standards. - Genma, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1"debug the system" eh, so ignorant makes me want to puke.
- Berek, on 03/14/2008, -1/+2RIAA, MPAA will be gone soon. OBAMA 08.
- inactive, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1gwb and company with the heads of the riaa and the mpaa should be dropped off on a desert island and forgotten
- miseleigh, on 03/15/2008, -0/+1The only reason some people only have one provider is because of government interference, where the government has essentially sanctioned geographic monopolies. If we tell the government to get out of the market, we'd have more options.
"keep corporate governments from encroaching on our civil rights" What about the companies' rights? Claiming that a company can be anything like a government is a straw man; companies are always more efficient, have no obligations to customers except what they promise to deliver, and are in business to make a profit.
Also, since when is internet service essential? Are you that addicted to digg?
"We've already seen our country fall behind concerning the speed and availability of high speed internet access on account of these consolidated companies having no competitive incentive." Exactly - get the government out of the market and bring that incentive back. 'Net Neutrality' certainly won't do it. - Cyber_Akuma, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1Net Neutrality Would Cramp our P2P Snooping Plans
At least they are honest.
Now, can they explain why exactly should the government or ISPs should actually give a damn? - Terr01, on 03/14/2008, -1/+2Like those pesky murder laws...
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