Anyone involved in the Internet for a long time knows that net neutrality has been a long-term issue. Net Neutrality deals with the freedom of choice on which content we view on the Internet, as opposed to media or Internet companies selecting the content we should see or how content is “prioritized” for us. It’s an important issue that we in the business of media and communications need to stay on top of, and was the primary reason why last year’s BlogPotomac benefited the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Geek Entertainment TV Maven and an old college buddy Irena Slutsky just ran her 200th episode, a serious take on Net Neutrality. She interviewed Dr. Tim Wu “the guy who even the FCC trusts to help them make fair laws about such things as the AT&T and BellSouth merger.” Irena said:
Professor Wu is credited with popularizing the concept of “network neutrality” in his 2003 paper Network Neutrality, Broadband Discrimination. In 2006, he co-authored the book, Who Controls the Internet? Network neutrality is essential to free speech, equal opportunity and economic innovation in America, so if you use the internet — or at least, if you watch porn on the internet — here’s your chance to learn exactly why you should care.
Check out this important video to get up to speed on Net Neutrality. And congratulations to Irena on what has been a very successful and continuing run with Geek Entertainment TV.
GREAT video, thanks for sharing Geoff.
… but the issue is, the ‘net neutrality’ depends on stuctures of great (global) institutions and on structures of the state. Net neutrality isn’t structure of a society.