<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>That net neutrality legislation was always in trouble - overbroad and driven by an activist rather than industry aware view of neutrality.</div><div><br></div><div>Essentially, a lot of the wording people were pushing for was very likely to make even required and non discriminatory filtering of content such as for spam, viruses or general security illegal </div><div><br></div><div>[and in fact network neutrality appeared largely in arguments I remember from a few years back where some civil society groups running mailing lists mismanaged those lists, leading to email being received by users unsolicited and causing their lists to be at least briefly blocked]<br><br>A lot of the potential overreach has been removed but the FTC has still been left in charge of enforcing true neutrality. I would say the ruling is not all negative and solely focused on a loss of free speech as some of the more alarmist articles make it out to be.</div><div><br></div><div>This is from a previous such case Comcast v FCC, in 2010 - <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/comcast_vs_the_fcc_a_reply_to_susan_crawfords_article/">http://www.circleid.com/posts/comcast_vs_the_fcc_a_reply_to_susan_crawfords_article/</a></div><div><br>--srs (iPad)</div><div><br>On 15-Jan-2014, at 16:59, Diego Rafael Canabarro <<a href="mailto:diegocanabarro@gmail.com">diegocanabarro@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:courier new,monospace">I've been following the Free Press <a href="http://act.freepress.net/sign/internet_FCC_court_decision2/?source=fpfacebook">strategy</a> to cope with that challenge to neutrality.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:courier new,monospace">A very good text by Carol Rossini <a href="http://infojustice.org/archives/29859">reflecting on the actions of "our FCC" here in Brazil</a> towards "communication services" in the country can be very enlightening to assess FP's strategy.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:courier new,monospace">Regards</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:courier new,monospace">Diego</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
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<div dir="ltr">FYI,<div><br><div><a href="http://gizmodo.com/federal-court-invalidates-net-neutrality-rules-sides-w-1501028467?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_facebook&utm_source=gizmodo_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow" target="_blank">http://gizmodo.com/federal-court-invalidates-net-neutrality-rules-sides-w-1501028467?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_facebook&utm_source=gizmodo_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow</a><br>
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