the network neutrality amendment, so the battle is now moving to the
senate. Free Press has set up a web page where you can voice your
concerns and have them emailed directly to your congressional
representatives:
http://action.freepress.net/campaign/savethenet
andy
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "David Meade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> I put their info video on my site ... dont know how to do YouTube
Flash as
> an enclosure though.
>
> citizen journalism could be seriously impacted. Imagine when only
'press'
> outlets with money/connections have a decent bandwidth. This is
like taking
> the printing press away from the people.
>
> On 4/23/06, Richard (Show) Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Andy,
> >
> > I have been following this, and I don't think most people
recognize how
> > profound the results of this could be. And, of course, the main
reason that
> > the large internet providers want to prioritize the bandwidth is
that they
> > are getting into internet TV/Movie streaming themselves so the
entitity
> > delivering the content and providing it would be the same.
> >
> > Also, this has a direct impact on video-bloggers since our rich media
> > content would be the most likely to be delegated to a lower tear,
unless we
> > could pay more to get preferred treatment and most of us, by
definition,
> > don't make money.
> >
> > ... thanks for bringing this up! ... Richard
> >
> >
> > On 4/22/06, Andy Carvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi everyone,
> > >
> > > Right now I'm blogging from the Yale Law School's Access to
Knowledge
> > > conference. I'm at a standing-room-only session on network
neutrality, a
> > > contentious policy battle currently taking place in Congress.
Telecom
> > > providers are lobbying to be able to create a multi-tiered
internet, in
> > > which people who pay the most get the best bandwidth and access to
> > > partner websites, while those who don't get slow access and
blocked from
> > > partner sites. For example, Rogers Cable acknowledged that it
> > > prioritizes some content and applications over others; they get more
> > > bandwidth. Lower prioritization, in contrast, goes to file sharing,
> > > podcasting and video blogging, making it more expensive for
people to
> > > access content and create it.
> > >
> > > I've posted notes from the panel session here:
> > >
> > > http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2006/04/network_neutrality_p.html
> > >
> > > Meanwhile, on Monday there will be the launch of the Save The
Internet
> > > Campaign (http://www.savetheinternet.com/) to ensure that telecom
> > > providers provide equitable access to bandwidth and content to all
> > > people and not penalize low-income customers. They're also
launching a
> > > blog here: http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/
> > >
> > > Coalition members come from across the political spectrum: Lawrence
> > > Lessig, Craig Newmark of Craigslist, Free Press, Consumers
Union, Glenn
> > > Reynolds, Gun Owners of America, MoveOn.org and many others.
> > >
> > >
> > > andy
> > > --
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> > > andycarvin (at) yahoo . com
> > >
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> > > http://www.andycarvin.com
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