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Offline cavegal

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EDITORIAL: Wave goodbye to Internet freedom
« on: December 03, 2010, 10:42:11 AM »
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/dec/2/wave-goodbye-to-internet-freedom/

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is poised to add the Internet to its portfolio of regulated industries. The agency's chairman, Julius Genachowski, announced Wednesday that he circulated draft rules he says will "preserve the freedom and openness of the Internet." No statement could better reflect the gulf between the rhetoric and the reality of Obama administration policies.

With a straight face, Mr. Genachowski suggested that government red tape will increase the "freedom" of online services that have flourished because bureaucratic busybodies have been blocked from tinkering with the Web. Ordinarily

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. Mr. Genachowski's draft document has over 550 footnotes and is stamped "non-public, for internal use only" to ensure nobody outside the agency sees it until the rules are approved in a scheduled Dec. 21 vote. So much for "openness."

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Re: EDITORIAL: Wave goodbye to Internet freedom
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2010, 12:45:14 PM »
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. Mr. Genachowski's draft document has over 550 footnotes and is stamped "non-public, for internal use only" to ensure nobody outside the agency sees it until the rules are approved in a scheduled Dec. 21 vote. So much for "openness."
Government transparency in action.

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Re: EDITORIAL: Wave goodbye to Internet freedom
« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2010, 01:02:27 PM »

They may take our lives, but they'll ne'er take our [Innerweb] FREEDOM!!!!!
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Re: EDITORIAL: Wave goodbye to Internet freedom
« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2010, 01:11:39 PM »
Hopefully the closer 21 December comes the more people will hear about this.
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Re: EDITORIAL: Wave goodbye to Internet freedom
« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2010, 01:31:12 PM »
Quote from: ColonialMarine0431 on December 03, 2010, 01:11:39 PM
Hopefully the closer 21 December comes the more people will hear about this.

That's just a few days before Christmas.  I highly doubt anyone will care (unfortunately) about this at that time.  It's the "perfect" time to vote for something like this.  All of us are busy making Christmas cookies, last minute shopping, listening to Christmas music, spending time with family, etc. 
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Re: EDITORIAL: Wave goodbye to Internet freedom
« Reply #5 on: December 03, 2010, 02:48:55 PM »
They aren't even going to release what they're voting on until after the vote passes. If it fails, they'll never release it is my guess.
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