re Demand Real Net Neutrality: Don't Let Hollywood Hijack the Internet

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "David P. Reed" <dpreed () reed com>
> Date: January 14, 2010 2:17:45 PM EST
> To: dave () farber net
> Cc: ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
> Subject: Re: [IP] Demand Real Net Neutrality: Don't Let Hollywood  
> Hijack the Internet

> It is worth recognizing that the DMCA already grants very specific  
> rights to copyright holders with respect to Internet Access  
> providers: and that capability has been used by the copyright owners  
> to enforce their rights in court.
>
> While it seems fair for the FCC to recognize the already-extant DMCA  
> in its principles, it cannot go beyond the DMCA or refuse to include  
> the DMCA as it is today - precisely and no more.
>
> To change the DMCA one should go to Congress.
>
> On 01/14/2010 10:07 AM, Dave Farber wrote:
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > > From: Electronic Frontier Foundation <action () eff org>
> > > Date: January 14, 2010 10:00:09 AM EST
> > > To: farber () central cis upenn edu
> > > Subject: Demand Real Net Neutrality: Don't Let Hollywood Hijack  
> > > the Internet
> > > Reply-To: Electronic Frontier Foundation <action () eff org>
> >
> > > 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
> > >
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