Net Neutrality: A Christmas Gift for Washington Lawyers & Lobbyists

Also see: http://drewt333.amplify.com/2010/12/20/red-tape-under-the-tree-fcc-plans-internet-regulation-for-christmas/

Amplify’d from techliberation.com

I can’t help but to be amused by all the delightfully naive talk on Twitter and in the blogosphere about how the FCC’s move to impose Net Neutrality regulation is about “standing up for the little guy,” “putting consumers first” or “preserving Net freedom and openness.”  It all reminds me of a line from those rock-n’-roll sages Guns N’ Roses: “I’ve worked too hard for my illusions just to throw them all away.”   But I can’t help but be jaded by actual history, in which special interests and Washington insiders co-opt each and every regulatory process in this field for their own ends. Read more at techliberation.com

 

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