Castle Magus

I say with no exaggeration whatsoever that anyone and everyone who uses the Internet in any way for any reason needs to watch this video.

Also, visit the following page, click the "+ Express" link, and leave a comment: http://www.gofccyourself.com/

Now, that should redirect you to the following: https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/search/proceedings?q=name:((17-108%29%29

If it does not, just use the second link.

"This is an all-hands-on-deck moment for every American."

As I said on Facebook: We've long known that this was coming, but that doesn't make the ass it sucks any less encrusted.

Let me just say this, yet again: Fuck Donald Trump. Fuck all of Donald Trump's lickspittles. Fuck everyone who still supports Donald Trump even a little bit or who still think he's somehow doing a good job.

And, most importantly in this case, fuck anyone and everyone who is benefiting in any way from this destruction of net neutrality.

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Just... man, fuck Donald Trump. I'm already way long past sick of this asshat, and he's not even in office yet and won't be for over two months.

Nice.

(EDIT) The Republicans, Big Cable™, and Faux Noise blowhards are super buttmad over this. Because of course they are. Somehow, according to the ludicrous moon logic in which they believe, Net Neutrality threatens "freedom of expression." What. (/EDIT)

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Yesterday, President Obama came out and called for strict Net Neutrality regulation by the FCC for the Internet. This, of course, has the big ISPs and cable providers, their paid lobbyists, and the Republicans now in control of both sides of Congress, all in a predictably huge buttmad tizzy.

Sadly, though, I feel that this might be a case of "too little, too late" on the part of Obama, and it will probably be a fight that he will end up losing, much to the detriment of everyone (well, everyone except for the executives, lobbyists, and political cronies of Big Cable™, obviously). Here's to hoping that I am 100% completely wrong with that prediction, and that Obama actually wins this one, because I fully agree with President Obama that Net Neutrality is important and should be imposed. Obama really didn't do himself any favors at all when he appointed that Tom Wheeler asshat as the FCC Chairman a year ago, though, and I fear that's going to be what comes back and bites the President in the ass on this whole thing.

All of this is assuming that Obama truly does care about Net Neutrality, as he claims to, and that this isn't just some politically expedient maneuvering on his part right after the election that his side got trounced in, and all of which will be forgotten about in a week/month or so. Personally, I hope that Obama makes this his one, big, final cause and dedicates the rest of his presidency to it, but I seriously doubt that will end up being the case.

And look at that, the removal of net neutrality is the first item in the list.

"Remember the Wikipedia blackout? It was in protest of SOPA.

But the entire time, Internet service providers, at the behest of trade groups representing the entertainment industry, have been preparing to police such illegal sharing voluntarily and, potentially, shut down sites they think aren't playing by the rules.

Those actions could have the same effect that SOPA would have.

According to a leading recording industry spokesman, service providers such as Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, Cablevision and Time Warner Cable are expected to begin enforcing ramped-up anti-piracy policies in the next few months."

So, it seems that since they couldn't get the government in their pocket to codify their noxious whims into law, the RIAA/MPAA types have been simply quietly circumventing that by going straight to the ISPs themselves and convincing them to "voluntarily" do these things anyway. This honestly doesn't surprise me in the slightest.

This is the best response I have received so far (if a bit on the late side), and is the only one to directly mention net neutrality.

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It's obviously just a form letter, but I guess that's better than nothing. I haven't heard anything about that OPEN Act until now, but from what little I've read about it, it seems reasonable enough I guess (at least when compared to the horrible SOPA and PIPA, anyway). Will be keeping an eye on it as well.

Will post similar responses from Patty Murray, Jay Inslee, or Barack Obama if I happen to get any.

Here's one key difference. The ESA supports SOPA. The ECA does not.

The ECA is cool, for the most part. The ESA (and, by extension, its members) can suck it.