TiE23 Posted June 12, 2006 Posted June 12, 2006 This is not good. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6081882.html The U.S. House of Representatives definitively rejected the concept of Net neutrality on Thursday, dealing a bitter blow to Internet companies like Amazon.com, eBay and Google that had engaged in a last-minute lobbying campaign to support it. By a 269-152 vote that fell largely along party lines, the House Republican leadership mustered enough votes to reject a Democrat-backed amendment that would have enshrined stiff Net neutrality regulations into federal law and prevented broadband providers from treating some Internet sites differently from others. What does this mean? - Sites and entrepreneurs will pay taxes to the telecom industries - ISPs will be able to block websites if they wish - ISPs may begin charging additional fees on top of internet subscription rates - There is nothing to stop ISPs and other companies from forcing favoritism for their own services and content Notable links http://savetheinternet.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality http://www.itsournet.org/ Yeehaw! Republican lead the main charge here so they can get more money! Now that the internet is on it's way to being monopolized by multi-billion dollar companies we, the people who use the internet for everyday use are ****ed.
Tyrion Posted June 12, 2006 Posted June 12, 2006 Don't worry, there's still the senate left at least.
RoxStar Posted June 12, 2006 Posted June 12, 2006 I'm writing letters to Barack Obama and Dick Durbin! Don't fail me now boys ;_;
Sigundr Posted June 12, 2006 Posted June 12, 2006 the senate better pull through or we internet users are ****ed. i hope Verizon is smart enough to leave it's customers alone House of Representatives= =me
Mike Windu Posted June 12, 2006 Posted June 12, 2006 XD @ Sithy's av Meh at net neutrality; regulations on the internet blah blah I doubt we'll see a major overhaul on a large number of sites, and there'll always be underground stuff to combat corporate hands if this goes through the Senate.
El Sitherino Posted June 12, 2006 Posted June 12, 2006 Except this will be handled at ISP level. Where they can control your traffic more than anyone else (save for possibly the NSA). And yes, my avatar is infact, the ****. Pure, West.
toms Posted June 12, 2006 Posted June 12, 2006 House of Representatives= =me You want to be careful, they probably know where you live and have passed a lot of laws recently allowing them to track you down for that sort of incitement to terrorism!
jon_hill987 Posted June 12, 2006 Posted June 12, 2006 How is this going to effect people who live in countries that arn't compleatly run by big business? (though I admit the UK isn't far behind America)
LightNinja Posted June 12, 2006 Posted June 12, 2006 This affects to all the world? or my ass is safe here in Spain
Samnmax221 Posted June 12, 2006 Posted June 12, 2006 I'm all for free market but this is assinine, It's gonna hurt business more then anything
Black Knight of Keno Posted June 12, 2006 Posted June 12, 2006 Well thank you very ****ing much, US of ****ing A This statement shall be withdrawn if this doesn't effect other countries than the US
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted June 12, 2006 Posted June 12, 2006 F***. Still, I'm better off here in the U.S than in the U.K, where a majority of ISPs have already started blocking websites.
Samnmax221 Posted June 13, 2006 Posted June 13, 2006 You aren't gonna find a country with better freedom of speach then the US, yes you could argue that no ones gonna sue you in Somalia, but if you say something someone doesn't like theres nothing to protect you from them killing you and your entire family.
jon_hill987 Posted June 13, 2006 Posted June 13, 2006 F***. Still, I'm better off here in the U.S than in the U.K, where a majority of ISPs have already started blocking websites. Yes but only kiddy porn sites, you won't find anything else that is blocked. and if you wan't to see them then you are a very bad person and will go strait to hell when you die to have pineapples shoved up your jacksy for all eternity.
Alegis Posted June 13, 2006 Posted June 13, 2006 God damnit. All you republicans that voted for Bush, see what you've done to us all now? You can all suck a fat one Oh yes, all Bush's fault. You can perhaps blame a lot of things on him, but everything? That's just mere slander. http://gargles.net/net-neutrality-who-voted-for-what/ list of sell outs Senate will save the internet ! http://news.com.com/2008-1028_3-6082444.html Interview with horizon guy, goddamn one would love to punch that smile from his face
Sabretooth Posted June 13, 2006 Posted June 13, 2006 This affects to all the world? or my ass is safe here in Spain Precisely. I want to know just that, or I'm screwed too. I'll run over to Spain if anything happens
toms Posted June 13, 2006 Posted June 13, 2006 Big opening for googlenet then.... ;-) But in all serious, this is very stupid. It always amazes me how BLATANT the republicans can sometimes be about supporting the rights of Companies over Individuals. I know they are for capitalism and all that... but seriously, they could at least try and pretend they care about ordinary people from time to time!
Samnmax221 Posted June 13, 2006 Posted June 13, 2006 This affects to all the world? or my ass is safe here in Spain I doubt it, you guys did elect a socialist government in 2003 so your bound to get screwed somehow.
BongoBob Posted June 13, 2006 Posted June 13, 2006 Oh yes, all Bush's fault. You can perhaps blame a lot of things on him, but everything? That's just mere slander. I'm not blaming this on him exactly. But the fact that basically all the people that voted against it were republican, that's what I'm talking about. If we had a democratic president, at least one would think that we wouldn't have so many republicans, and the vote would have swayed in net neutralities favor. Please correct me if I'm wrong in my thinking that Republican President = More Republicans in power than democrats.
Samnmax221 Posted June 14, 2006 Posted June 14, 2006 How the house voted has nothing to do with who the president is, voting for the house is done seperately and the number of house members per state is based on population. For christ sakes take a government course.
BongoBob Posted June 14, 2006 Posted June 14, 2006 Excuse the hell out of me, I don't take governement until Senior year. No reason for the comments.
Tyrion Posted June 14, 2006 Posted June 14, 2006 Excuse the hell out of me, I don't take governement until Senior year. No reason for the comments. I learned that in the 8th grade.
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