| LIBertea | Date: Saturday, 2014/05/03, 9:40 AM | Message # 1 | DMCA |
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Full Show: Is Net Neutrality Dead?
May 2, 2014
For years, the government has upheld the principle of “Net neutrality,” the belief that everyone should have equal access to the web without preferential treatment.
But now, Tom Wheeler, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission and a former cable and telecommunications top gun, is circulating potential new rules that reportedly would put a price tag on climbing aboard the Internet. The largest and richest providers, giant corporations such as Verizon and Comcast – in mid-takeover of Time Warner Cable — like the idea. They could afford to buy their way to the front of the line. Everyone else — nonprofit groups, startups and everyday users – would have to move to the rear, and the Net would be neutral no more.
This week, speaking with Bill Moyers about these latest developments are two keen observers of media and the world of cyberspace. David Carr covers the busy intersection of media with business, government and culture for The New York Times. Susan Crawford is a visiting professor at Harvard Law School, contributor to Bloomberg View and author of, Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry and Monopoly Power in the New Gilded Age.
“For most Americans, they have no choice for all the information, data, entertainment coming through their house, other than their local cable monopoly. And here, we have a situation where that monopoly potentially can pick and choose winners and losers, decide what you see,” Crawford tells Moyers.
Carr adds: “People have a close, intimate relationship with the web in a way they don’t other technologies … they have the precious propriety feelings about it. And I’m not sure if the FCC really knows what they’re getting into.”
Producer: Gina Kim. Segment Producer: Lena Shemel. Editor: Donna Marino. Outro Producer: Robert Booth. Outro Editor: Rob Kuhns.
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| Scorpone | Date: Saturday, 2014/05/03, 2:43 PM | Message # 2 | DMCA |
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how many people know about this? tell all, get involved, it's important
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| TRIBUNAL | Date: Sunday, 2014/05/04, 9:45 PM | Message # 3 | DMCA |
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damn right great video, not a great interview or speakers but worth watching.
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