Information Highway Robbers Posted: Wednesday, May 17, 2006
What makes the Internet revolutionary is that it is democratic, open to anyone with a computer and an Internet connection. That could soon change.
As In These Times went to press, the House was setting to vote on the "Communications Opportunity Promotion and Enhancement (COPE) Act of 2006," a bill written by the telephone and cable TV corporations. Among other provisions, the act formally guts what is known as the First Amendment of the Internet— "network neutrality." (The Senate will consider a similar bill in late May or early June.) Full Article : inthesetimes.com
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