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ISPs Claim Title II Regulations Don't Apply To the Internet Because "Computers"

Posted by timothy on from the preemptive-chewbacca-defense dept.

New submitter Gryle writes: ArsTechnica is reporting on an interesting legal tactic by ISPs in the net neutrality fight. In a 95-page brief the United States Telecom Association claims Internet access qualifies as information service, not a telecommunication service, because it involves computer processing. The brief further claims "The FCC's reclassification of mobile broadband internet access as a common-carrier service is doubly unlawful." (page 56)

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  1. Re:Interesting argument by ShanghaiBill · · Score: 4, Informative

    Won't this make them responsible for any of the crap (death threats, libel, etc) that they distribute as part of them being an "information service"?

    Yes, but with responsibility comes control. They will be able to censor and control what crosses their network, shut out competitors, and charge premiums. They will be able exploit their local monopolies to muscle into the content business.

  2. Re: Interesting argument by cyber-vandal · · Score: 3, Informative

    Penalise is the British English spelling you fuckwit.