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Internet Groups Urge US Court To Reinstate 'Net Neutrality' Rules (reuters.com)

Posted by msmash on from the how-about-that dept.

A coalition of trade groups representing companies including Alphabet, Facebook Inc and Amazon.com, urged a U.S. appeals court to reinstate landmark "net neutrality" rules adopted in 2015 to guarantee an open internet. From a report: In a legal filing Monday, the Internet Association, Entertainment Software Association, Computer & Communications Industry Association, and Writers Guild of America West urged the reversal of the Trump administration decision to overturn the rules in December. "Rules regulating the conduct of (internet providers) continue to be needed to protect and promote an open internet," the groups wrote in a brief filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

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  1. Really? by zippo01 · · Score: 4, Informative

    If the rule was arbitrarily passed by a committee, (which at the time admitted may be overstepping bounds) what legal argument do you have when they undo it? its inconvenient? I understand it is a popular position, but this should be handled long term with legislation as several states have done.

  2. Court decisions make lousy legislation by magarity · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Repeat until you learn it properly: Court decisions are NOT the proper way to get what you want despite the promise of being the quick and easy way. Convince your congresscritter to legislate what you want.
    Too many judges think they are the one person legislature who know what is right for everyone.

    1. Re:Court decisions make lousy legislation by Archangel+Michael · · Score: 4, Interesting

      The Government was purposely designed to not work very well, requiring a lot of parts working together to actually change anything. This is not a flaw, it is a feature. The fact that this feature turns out to be flawed is no coincidence, and we can see the effects of stupid laws still to this day. See Prohibition for example.

      Plenty of bad laws come from people shouting "We have to do something, this is something, therefore we ought to do it".

      Just because we can do something doesn't mean we ought to do something.

      --
      Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.
  3. Re:Any legal opinions? by MrMr · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think you made a smart choice to ask for advice here. /. is famous for its opinion on legal matters. Most posters are actually lawyers pretending to be geeks living in the basement.