re The Trump administration is suing California to quash its new net neutrality law

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: "Bill D. Herman" <billdherman () gmail com>
> Date: October 2, 2018 at 6:47:31 AM GMT+9
> To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: Re: [IP] re The Trump administration is suing California to quash its new net neutrality law
>
> This is a feature of news coverage and public framing of net neutrality overall and of information policy debates 
> more broadly.
>
> Scrappy NGOs like EFF and Public Knowledge punch well above their weight, get stuff done or prevent foreseeable train 
> wrecks, and everyone credits Google and other commercial behemoths for the outcome. The most glaring example was the 
> SOPA blackout. News coverage treated Wikipedia like a monolith; lumped it in with Google, Amazon, & co.; and pretty 
> much never mentioned Fight for the Future & Demand Progress. (There are other corners of the info policy ecosystem 
> that also don't get the credit they deserve. If it were up to me, Mike Masnick would've gotten at least one Pulitzer 
> by now.)
>
> But what do I know? It's not like I wrote a book about this stuff...
>
>
> > On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 8:48 PM DAVID FARBER <dfarber () me com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > > From: Richard Bennett <richard () bennett com>
> > > Date: October 1, 2018 at 11:44:25 AM GMT+9
> > > To: ip <ip () listbox com>
> > > Cc: Dave Farber <farber () gmail com>
> > > Subject: The Trump administration is suing California to quash its new net neutrality law
> > >
> > > [Dave: for IP]
> > >
> > > The lawsuit over California’s net neutrality law is going to be interesting, pitting California’s Internet 
> > > monopolies against the companies that connect our homes and offices to them. Oddly, the primary lobbyist that 
> > > worked tirelessly to pass this law - EFF - doesn’t get any credit in the stories about the pending lawsuit. 
> > >
> > >
> > > RB
> > > "...But the FCC's efforts immediately put Washington on a collision course with the states. To start, more than 20 
> > > states filed lawsuits against the FCC, arguing that the agency had acted arbitrarily in repealing the net 
> > > neutrality rules. Their efforts have won the support of companies like Mozilla and trade associations representing 
> > > tech giants including Amazon, Facebook and Google, along with consumer groups like Free Press and Public Knowledge.
> > >
> > > "Many governors and legislatures also set about trying to craft policies preserving net neutrality within their 
> > > borders, even though the FCC’s repeal order explicitly prohibited states from writing their own open-internet laws. 
> > > That prompted the DOJ to file its lawsuit in a federal court in Sacramento, which seeks a preliminary injunction 
> > > that will stop California’s net neutrality rules from taking effect on January 1.
> > >
> > > "“Not only is California’s Internet regulation law illegal, it also hurts consumers," Pai said in a statement. “The 
> > > law prohibits many free-data plans, which allow consumers to stream video, music, and the like exempt  from any 
> > > data limits. They have proven enormously popular in the marketplace, especially among lower-income Americans. But 
> > > notwithstanding the consumer benefits, this state law bans them.”"
> > >
> > >
> > > https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/10/01/trump-administration-is-suing-california-quash-its-new-net-neutrality-law/?utm_term=.79fc3174654e
> > >
> > > —
> > > Richard Bennett
> > > High Tech Forum Founder
> > > Ethernet & Wi-Fi standards co-creator
> > >
> > > Internet Policy Consultant
> >
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