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http://www.euopeninternet.eu/
Do We Need an OpenInternet.gov.uk or OpenInternet.eu?
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| You may have noticed yesterday that some of our American
| cousins were getting excited about a speech made by Julius
| Genachowski, Chairman of the US Federal Communications
| Commission, and a new Web site he announced:
| OpenInternet.gov. There you can either read his words, or
| watch a video of them. Either way, you will probably be
| struck by his constant harping on a theme dear to our
| heart: openness, and its importance to the Internet.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=2540&blogid=14
The Day Real Internet Freedom Died: Our Forbes Op-Ed on Net Neutrality Regulation
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| There was a time, not so long ago, when the term âInternet
| Freedomâ actually meant what it implied: a cyberspace free
| from over-zealous legislators and bureaucrats. For a few
| brief, beautiful moments in the Internetâs history (from
| the mid-90s to the early 2000s), a majority of Netizens and
| cyber-policy pundits alike all rallied around the flag of
| âHands Off the Net!â From censorship efforts, encryption
| controls, online taxes, privacy mandates and infrastructure
| regulations, there was a general consensus as to how much
| authority government should have over cyber-life and our
| cyber-liberties. Simply put, there was a âpresumption of
| libertyâ in all cyber-matters.
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| Those days are now gone; the presumption of online liberty
| is giving way to a presumption of regulation. A massive
| assault on real Internet freedom has been gathering steam
| for years and has finally come to a head. Ironically,
| victory for those who carry the banner of âInternet
| Freedomâ would mean nothing less than the death of that
| freedom.
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http://techliberation.com/2009/09/22/the-day-real-internet-freedom-died-our-forbes-op-ed-on-net-neutrality-regulation/
Declaration of Communication Rights
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| Last week, SÃrgio Amadeu published an excellent text about
| the Brazilian National Conference of Communication and in
| the text, he lists what he considers the rights of citizens
| in communication through digital networks.
|
| On past weekend, I met with him and some friends, and
| agreed that the drafting of a statement like this is very
| important, because through it, we can express a number of
| concepts that define the world of free (as in freedom)
| communication on the Internet that we fight both to build
| and maintain.We also agree that this statement should not
| necessarily be only Brazilian, but it could be adopted (and
| therefore developed with the assistance) of communities
| around the world.
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http://homembit.com/2009/09/declaration-of-communication-rights.html
Clearwire Supports Net Neutrality? Does No One Remember Its History?
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| How quickly people forget. With the FCC's announcement
| about support for net neutrality legislation the PR and
| lobbying machines of the major telco and cable providers
| have cranked up, putting out all sorts of fear mongering
| letters and reports about the damage such a law will do.
| There was one interesting exception.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090922/0338406275.shtml
Recent:
FCC announces plan to protect access to an open Internet
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| During a speech at the Brookings Institution this
| morning, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski outlined a
| proposal for explicit rules that would protect consumer
| access to an open Internet. The proposed rules would
| preserve "network neutrality," preventing broadband-
| based Internet providers from discriminating against
| certain services, applications, or viewpoints on the
| Web, and requiring providers to be transparent about
| their network management practices.
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http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2009/09/fcc-announces-plan-to-protect-access-to.html
Neutrality Begins at Home
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| Comcast and Vonage have been pretending to be friends
| for a while now. Itâs all part of the âWe donât really
| need that old Net Neutralityâ song Comcast and the
| other big ISPs have been singing, including the verse
| that says Vonage is okay by them.
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http://www.cringely.com/2009/09/neutrality-begins-at-home/
FCC To Introduce Net Neutrality Rule
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| Julius Genachowski, chairman of the Federal Communications
| Commission, plans to propose a new so-called net neutrality rule
| Monday that could prevent telecommunications, cable and wireless
| companies from blocking Internet applications, according to
| sources at the agency.
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http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2009/09/fcc_to_introduce_rules_that_pr.html
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