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Net Neutrality Blasted by MPAA Bosses

Posted by Zonk on from the nothing-good-about-that-statement dept.

proudhawk writes "The LA Times is reporting that the MPAA's Dan Glickman has taken another swipe against net neutrality at his recent ShoWest appearance. 'Glickman argued in his speech that neutrality regulations would bar the use of emerging tools that ISPs can use to prevent piracy. That's what some studio lobbyists have been telling lawmakers, too, in their efforts to derail neutrality legislation. And depending on how the regulations are written, they could be right.'"

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  1. Thanks for your own FUD by RealProgrammer · · Score: 0, Troll

    Show me the locality where that is happening.

    Show me the trend to decreased bandwidth.

    It looks to me that the trend everywhere, under light regulation, is toward increased bandwidth.

    But if you can show me, I'll be happily disabused of that.

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    1. Re:Thanks for your own FUD by Meor · · Score: -1, Troll

      Monopolies are created by regulation. Cell phone monopolies were created by a 2 provider per area limit back in the day which was facilitated by the government regulating all EM spectrum. "Municipalities" "Regulate" cable layers and create all these other broad-sweeping ancillary problems.

      You're right though, remove the regulation, remove the monopoly.

    2. Re:Thanks for your own FUD by RealProgrammer · · Score: -1, Troll

      So they're lowering P2P traffic bandwidth. GOOD. P2P is a cancer.

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  2. FRrisJt psot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    profits withoUt Has ground to a people's faces is BSD has always

  3. Re:that may be true, but... by GeneralPayne · · Score: -1, Troll

    Another "Drone" spouting the gloriousness of his highness, the mighty BARACK OBAMA. When are people going to realize that whether he gets office or not, he'll follow the money just like every other friggin politician that takes an office. JEEZ NET NEUTRALITY as a whole will be a battle fought not by by politicians but the citizens who demand their privacy and who also demand the services they pay for without the worry if someone is watching our every move on the net. I don't want the government, RIAA,MPAA, MAFIAA, MEDIA SENTRY or any other organization for that matter. What I do with my home computer and net connection is my friggin business and the politicians with the lobbyists on their asses can just kiss my ass

  4. Re:Remove what regulation? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Remove the regulation that allows for easements for public utilities, and providers won't be able to pull their wires over or under non-subscribers' land.

    Those are not regulations. Those are contracts with the cities. That's a huge difference.

  5. Re:Decreasing bandwith goes hand in hand with filt by The_Quinn · · Score: 0, Troll

    Bandwith [sic] is worthless if it can't be used the way you want. That is ridiculous. Are guns worthless if you can't shoot whatever you want? Is your voice useless if you can't say whatever you want, whenever you want, to whomever you want?

    That's right ... No.

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