 This picture has nothing to do with the story, that I can see. (Image by Unknown Owner) Details DMCA | This is a sleeper issue--wake up to the danger that internet as we know it could be lost to an arcane, technical ruling, ostensibly about "free enterprise". The problem is that transmission networks are a natural monopoly, controlled by a few giant corporations: Verizon, Comcast, Time-Warner Cable. These companies also own rights to the CONTENT that is carried over their networks, a much more lucrative business. The temptation is for Comcast to provide free access to NBC broadcasts (because Comcasts owns NBC), while independent web sites (like OpEd News) would be held up for a king's ransom if they want their content to be available to readers. The deep issue is whether MONEY will be permitted to control our culture, and stifle the BOTTOM-UP BOOM in social media that the internet has fostered. FCC rules are protecting us. Verizon has now successfully vacated them. |
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