Law and Innovation

Fresh and interesting article from The Verge and the Representative Henry A. Waxman reporting the new pair of bills that have been introduced to the Senate and House to protect Net Neutrality . As a reminder, t his founding princ iple of Internet prevents Internet providers/ broadband network providers (like Verizon and Comcast) from dictating the kinds of content you're able to access online. Instead, they have to treat all traffic sources equally. Net neutrality is enforced by the Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ). As you know, earlier this month, a circuit court ruling struck down the FCC's N et N eutrality rules . "WASHINGTON, DC — Today Reps. Henry A. Waxman and Anna G. Eshoo introduced H.R. 3982, the Open Internet Preservation Act , with a Senate companion bill to be introduced by Sen. Ed Markey, to protect consumers and innovation online.  Last month, the D.C. Circuit struck down the Federal Communications Commission's Open Internet rules ...

Fresh and interesting article from TechCrunch concerning the decision from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals that ruled that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) doesn’t have the authority to require ISPs to treat all traffic equally; more precisely that the FCC does not have the power to regulate how ISPs manage traffic on their networks.  JFYI : The “ Network neutrality ” is sometimes called “Internet freedom” or “Internet openness” and is a legal principle that would forbid cable and phone companies like AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast from blocking some websites or providing special priority to others. It would forbid Comcast from, e.g . blocking Facebook or Bing. "In a decision that could have far-reaching consequences, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals today struck down the FCC’s Open Internet Order. That Order, put into force in 2010 by then-chairman Julius Genachowski, was designed to make it so that broadband service providers couldn’t meddle w...