Comcast Can Block BitTorrent Again, Court Rules

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US court rules against FCC on `net neutrality'
4-6-10

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court has ruled that the Federal Communications Commission lacks the authority to require broadband providers to give equal treatment to all Internet traffic flowing over their networks.

Tuesday's ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia is a big victory for Comcast Corp., the nation's largest cable company. It had challenged the FCC's authority to impose so called "net neutrality" obligations.

It marks a serious setback for the FCC, which needs authority to regulate the Internet in order to push ahead with key parts of its massive national broadband plan.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100406/...internet_rules

[bobbintb]

well, obama is for net neutrality, so hopefully he will give the fcc the authority.

[Radon0r]

Apparently only one method of enforcing net neutrality was shot down. The door is still open for others.

[anoneemuse]

a bucnh of computers there a bunch of computers here

so its like , the place with most bucnh of computers wins something or something like that ?

this internet is a mystery ..

a group of pc decides to broadcast stuff and is called internet ..

ok


and you need cable .. to connect it to other countries...

and these cable providers are called isp ?

[bobbintb]

a bucnh of computers there a bunch of computers here

so its like , the place with most bucnh of computers wins something or something like that ?

this internet is a mystery ..

a group of pc decides to broadcast stuff and is called internet ..

ok


and you need cable .. to connect it to other countries...

and these cable providers are called isp ?

what?

[megabyteme]

Net Neutrality is so important. This is a serious blow to our online freedoms. Fuck.

[Skiz]

Yup. This was released three days ago and I couldn't believe no one posted it yet. For Americans, this is a big deal. I guess it wasn't posted on torrentfreak or tomshardware.

A company that is given a monopoly or duopoly through government power cannot cry foul when it is regulated by the government. Time Warner, Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, etc., and the satellite companies benefit by the government limiting their competition. After all, not just anyone can put up fiber optic lines or put a satellites in space; any company that wants to do this needs authorization from the government. Therefore, ISPs do not participate in a free market. As the market in which ISPs effectively control is not free, someone needs to prevent them from abusing their positions. For loads of folks, switching providers is not an option as the number of providers in their area may very well be limited by government regulation.

However, the customer should get what he (or she) pays for. If you pay for 12 Mbps line, you should be able to use that bandwidth for anything that you desire. The ISP should not discriminate against the customer's wishes and/or favor their own services over others.

[megabyteme]

I agree with you entirely on this. I would also like to add that this is not just about file-sharing. Without net neutrality, the handful of broadband companies will be able to block/limit speed to any site (competing ideas/advertisers/info) they feel like.

If these pricks are allowed to do whatever they feel is in their best interest, small sites and consumer rights can be eliminated on a whim. Without neutrality, there is no such thing as free speech or opposing views.

Again...fuck.

[Pikachu]

Isnt this kinda against Human Rights?
Looks Dangerous

[PurpleIce]

Yup. This was released three days ago and I couldn't believe no one posted it yet. For Americans, this is a big deal. I guess it wasn't posted on torrentfreak or tomshardware.

I believe it was already posted here, https://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/f-new...-rules-405432/
they look like the same story to me, unless I'm missing something?