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[News] [Rival] FTC Shuts Up Small Web Sites (Tiered Web), Big Media Fights Sharing (Not Just Piracy)

  • Subject: [News] [Rival] FTC Shuts Up Small Web Sites (Tiered Web), Big Media Fights Sharing (Not Just Piracy)
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2007 04:34:46 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
FTC abandons net neutrality

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| The report has caused outrage in the online community. Many are worried 
| that any abandonment of net neutrality will harm competition, since it 
| will allow big companies to outspend start-ups.
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http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2193214/ftc-abandons-net-neutrality

Not sure if that's true, but another recent case is this:

        ISPs face down Tories on file sharing

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/06/cameron_p2p_isps/

Arrest under new NY piracy laws

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| Pirated films cost major US film studios more than $6bn (£2.9bn)
| in 2005, according to the trade association.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6276864.stm

Surely these numbers are inflated (as usual).

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