[governance] US Court Rules against FCC in 'Net Neutrality' Case

[Keerti Nagappa]

Hi Salanieta,

Have attached a copy of the case.


On 6 April 2010 19:28, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <
salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Keerti. Do you have a copy of the Judgment?
>
> Sala
> On 4/7/10, Keerti Nagappa <keerti.nagappa at gmail.com> wrote:
> > A federal appeals court (US) has ruled that the Federal
> > Communications Commission (FCC)lacks the authority to require
> > broadband providers to give equal treatment to all Internet
> > traffic flowing over their networks.
> >
> >
> > http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/07/technology/07net.html?hp
> >
> > *Court Rules Against F.C.C. in ‘Net Neutrality’ Case*
> > <
> http://www.nytimes.com/adx/bin/adx_click.html?type=goto&opzn&page=www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/technology&pos=Frame4A&sn2=d59993d0/2e9a4d4e&sn1=54576ea3/a621c698&camp=foxsearch2010_emailtools_1225557c_nyt5&ad=ch_02_120x60anim_10k&goto=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Efoxsearchlight%2Ecom%2Fcrazyheart
> >
> >
> > WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that the Federal
> > Communications
> > Commission<
> http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/f/federal_communications_commission/index.html?inline=nyt-org
> >lacks
> > the authority to require broadband providers to give equal treatment
> > to all Internet traffic flowing over their networks.
> >
> > Tuesday’s ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the District
> of
> > Columbia is a big victory for the Comcast
> > Corporation<
> http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/comcast_corporation/index.html?inline=nyt-org
> >,
> > the nation’s largest cable company. It had challenged the FCC’s authority
> to
> > impose so called “net
> > neutrality<
> http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/subjects/n/net_neutrality/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier
> >”
> > obligations.
> >
> > It marks a serious setback for the F.C.C., which needs authority to
> regulate
> > the Internet in order to push ahead with key parts of its national
> broadband
> > plan.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Keerti Nagappa
> > LLM Candidate 2010
> > University of California,
> > Berkeley School of Law
> >
>
>
> --
> Salanieta Tudrau Tamanikaiwaimaro
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-- 
Keerti Nagappa
LLM Candidate 2010
University of California,
Berkeley School of Law
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