Re: Verizon Public Policy on Netflix

[Miles Fidelman <mfidelman () meetinghouse net>]

Randy Bush wrote:
> > > ahhh.   so
> > >      not government regulated == wild west
> > lawless, big guys fighting with little guys in the middle == wild west
> at this point, maybe john curran, who you may remember from nearnet,
> usually steps in with a good screed on industry self-regulation.

yeah John, where are you (John and I sat a few doors from each other at 
one point, way back)

> and, if we are really lucky, maybe geoff will use his deep knowledge of
> history beyond the internet to tell us the real story of the so called
> wild west, which was likely more organized than one would think.

really?  can you say Cliven Bundy? :-)


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