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Google, Verizon Team Up on Net Neutrality
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| More comments on the Federal Communications
| Commission's (FCC) proposed net neutrality
| rules rolled in before the midnight deadline
| Thursday night, and while there were no major
| surprises from companies like Comcast and
| groups like the Open Internet Coalition,
| Google and Verizon once again joined forces to
| submit a filing that outlined the points on
| which they agree.
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2358123,00.asp
Universities avoid Kindle over accessibility barriers
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| Three US universities have agreed not to use
| Amazon's e-book reader the Kindle until it is
| easily usable by blind people. A fourth
| settled a complaint from blind people's
| advocacy groups by saying that it will strive
| to use accessible devices in future.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/15/kindle_university_blind_protests/
Recent:
FCC set to start pursuing ânet neutralityâ rules
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33430848/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/
FCC Approves Net Neutrality Rules, Now the Fight Begins
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| The Open Internet Coalition, which counts
| Google and Facebook among its members,
| welcomed the vote.
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http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/10/fcc-net-neutrality/
Court Notices That The FCC Appears To Have No Legal Mandate To Enforce Net Neutrality
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| Still, it's not just the groups supporting the
| FCC on net neutrality that are taking
| inconsistent positions here. Remember how
| Comcast -- which this latest ruling supports
| -- has in the past used the argument that the
| FCC does have this mandate over them to try to
| avoid regulatory oversight in California. So
| neither side looks very good here. In fact, in
| a recent interview concerning the proposed
| Comcast/NBC merger, Comcast's spokesperson
| highlighted that people shouldn't be afraid of
| NBC getting preferential treatment because
| "existing law already prohibits any
| discrimination." What existing law? Uh, the
| same one Comcast just convinced the court
| doesn't exist. In other words, the law doesn't
| exist when Comcast doesn't like it, but if
| anyone says Comcast might violate neutrality,
| it insists the law suddenly does exist.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20100108/1315247679.shtml
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