[governance] Re: [ PRIVACY Forum ] Is Net Neutrality a Communist Plot? ("Declassified DoD Film")

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

Lauren and all,

  "Net Neutrality" as currently being touted has little to do with
"Neutrality" and alot to do with mandating content.  Unfortunately
"Net Neutrality" is not being sold that way...

-----Original Message-----
>From: privacy at vortex.com
>Sent: Oct 27, 2009 3:38 PM
>To: privacy-list at vortex.com
>Subject: [ PRIVACY Forum ] Is Net Neutrality a Communist Plot? ("Declassified	DoD Film")
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>        Is Net Neutrality a Communist Plot? ("Declassified DoD Film")
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>                http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000627.html
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>Greetings.  As a strong supporter of Net Neutrality 
>( http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000625.html ), I've been increasingly
>concerned by recent accusations from some anti-neutrality forces and
>media commentators, who claim that Net Neutrality is actually an
>insidious and dangerous "communist plot" that must be destroyed at all
>costs.
>
>Such a characterization has seemed utterly ridiculous to me, and
>hopefully also to most other reasonable observers.
>
>However, a friend of mine working at a certain "Three-Initial Agency"
>(that must remain unnamed) recently uncovered a long-lost U.S.
>government film that appears to shed unexpected light on accusations
>of a linkage between communist/Marxist ideologies and Net Neutrality.
>
>He managed to get the short film (only a few minutes long) rapidly
>declassified and shipped it out to me.  I've now digitized the 16mm
>print and brought it online.
>
>The complete film (with associated very brief explanatory text, etc.
>that I've included) can be viewed at the YouTube link:
>
>   Is Net Neutrality a Communist Plot?
>
>   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fCLFKlYW3c  
>
>
>I must admit, the film certainly had an impact on me!
>
>--Lauren--
>Lauren Weinstein
>lauren at vortex.com
>Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
>http://www.pfir.org/lauren
>Co-Founder, PFIR
>   - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org
>Co-Founder, NNSquad
>   - Network Neutrality Squad - http://www.nnsquad.org
>Founder, GCTIP - Global Coalition 
>   for Transparent Internet Performance - http://www.gctip.org
>Founder, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com
>Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
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>Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein
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Regards,



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