Sen. Franken - Net Neutrality First Amendment Issue

[Charleston Chew]

Run time: 06:18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lIjOr5WDkk   Posted on YouTube: March 15, 2011 By YouTube Member: thetopvlog Views on YouTube: 301   Posted on DU: March 16, 2011 By DU Member: Charleston Chew Views on DU: 872

 
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The Top Vlog
Mar 15, 2011

Ben Mankiewicz and Wes Clark on Senator Al Franken's SXSW interview with TechCrunch on how Net Neutrality is the biggest First Amendment issue of our time.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/14/senator-al-franken-neutrality_n_835564.html
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[Dokkie]

1. yep

Torrent file sharing(mostly illegal downloads) take up more than 50% of internet traffic. Plus the reason why its hard for people(like me) to understand is because we are trying to fix a projected problem which atm is absent without any legislation preventing it. So until these internet providers start blocking or slowing down cntent, you ain't going to get the majority of the voters on board.

[Charleston Chew]

6. a chemical change

"trying to fix a projected problem which atm is absent without any legislation preventing it. So until these internet providers start blocking or slowing down cntent,"


If that really is why people are not up in arms over this issue then we are screwed. Once net neutrality is gone it will never be restored. We only have one chance and it is now!

[Dokkie]

7. come again

" Once net neutrality is gone it will never be restored"

what do u mean by gone? I have been asking this question for a while now without a clear answer and that question is, Do we have net neutrality now? and if yes who and what imposed it? and who is policing it now?

[Charleston Chew]

8. our net is neutral, everyone gets the same internet

We The People and our elected officials are who and what imposed it (net neutrality) back in the early 90's


When our net is no longer neutral then that is when websites like Democratic Unerground, The Young Turks, The David Pakman Show, The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder and the people who visit them will understnad what a pay to play internet is all about.


Corporations with big pockets get to use the fast lane in a pay to play internet.


All of my DU post about net neutrality have links to additional information about net neutrality. Everything you could ever need to know about a neutral net is contained in my post here on DU.

Just follow the links.

[Charleston Chew]

2. Henry Rollins: America Is Under Attack, Net Neutrality

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Outspoken political and human rights activist Henry Rollins blasts the establishment and warns of the last free days of the Internet in the opening to his late night show on the Independent Film Channel.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x563446
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[baldguy]

3. Let's end road neutrality today.

You know that road that runs by your house? I've just purchased the rights to it from your town. If you want to use it, you'll have to pay me. And I get to set the fees.

[Charleston Chew]

4. + 1

great analogy!

[Uncle Joe]

5. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Charleston Chew.