A comment on the article earlier posted by Renate, further shedding some very interesting light on Mr. McDowell's agenda:<br><br>FCC first FUD at the idea of a UN-controlled Internet<br><br><a href="http://www.extremetech.com/computing/119481-fcc-fires-fud-at-the-idea-of-a-un-controlled-internet">http://www.extremetech.com/computing/119481-fcc-fires-fud-at-the-idea-of-a-un-controlled-internet</a> <br>
<br>Best,<br>Anja<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 23 February 2012 14:40, Louis Pouzin (well) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pouzin@well.com">pouzin@well.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 17:17, Renate Bloem (Gmail) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:renate.bloem@gmail.com" target="_blank">renate.bloem@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<h2><b><font color="#0082bb" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0082bb;font-weight:normal"><a href="http://geint.alwaysdata.net/en/simplenews/statistics/click?p=eNoBtVwwSv9zOjE3MjpcIrFV8z12NHAokjS2x0lizsFqF-HYYVeBMB2KxUk3QaoMEGzxN7kzLYAhQITC9dN5I5VvcfVra2e692vocuTJdVwitX1smrH1EcNWcAPQgsL-bgf7aGN96qlFVVJCHFd2zThRSpt_voC_9Q3KK-Um6N1PbwMCEvVB6VtDfOp-n72boOwkaFR_Msuq1L5FFvpcIpqwtJQELqxkzWh7rI3w8gEOrRhJFPN-zr98mUi_8VwiO2zAWHU,&h=eNortjI2slJKM080SEo1skg1T0tJNjMytTA0TDE1MkozNbYwTE61TFGyBlww4HkKxA,," title="blocked::http://geint.alwaysdata.net/en/simplenews/statistics/click?p=eNoBtVwwSv9zOjE3MjpcIrFV8z12NHAokjS2x0lizsFqF-HYYVeBMB2KxUk3QaoMEGzxN7kzLYAhQITC9dN5I5VvcfVra2e692vocuTJdVwitX1smrH1EcNWcAPQgsL-bgf7aGN96qlFVVJCHFd2zThRSpt_voC_9Q3KK-Um6N1PbwMCEvVB6VtDf" target="_blank"><font color="#0082bb"><span style="color:#0082bb;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;text-decoration:none" lang="EN-GB">The U.N. Threat to Internet Freedom</span></font></a></span></font></b><font color="#0082bb"><span style="color:#0082bb;font-weight:normal" lang="EN-GB"></span></font></h2>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:11.4pt"><i><i><font color="black" face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana" lang="EN-GB">By Robert M. McDowell, commissioner of the
Federal Communications Commission</span></font></i></i><font color="black" face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana" lang="EN-GB"><br>
The Wall Street Journal - 21 February 2012</span></font></p></div><p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:11.4pt"><font color="black" face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana" lang="EN-GB">- - - <br>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"><br></span></font>We heard that hackneyed slogan quite a few times since 2003.<br>It is typically sung by some republican representative, the party pushing SOPA, PIPA, ACTA.<br>
Double tongue as usual.<br><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M._McDowell" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M._McDowell</a><br><br>Robert M. McDowell was first appointed to a seat on the Federal Communications Commission by U.S. President George W. Bush and unanimously confirmed by the Senate in 2006.<br>
<br>Commissioner McDowell has been an outspoken critic of net neutrality rules, casting a dissenting vote based on four primary concerns: 1) Nothing is broken in the Internet access market that needs fixing; 2) The FCC does not have the legal authority to issue net neutrality rules; 3) The rules are likely to cause irreparable harm; and 4) Existing law and Internet governance structures provide ample consumer protection in the event a systemic market failure occurs.<br>
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