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Sure, because just like the banks.."they can self regulate".
Sure, because just like the oil companies.."they can self regulate".
So..let's put the FCC in charge who will enable the big few players to "self regulate".
The media wants to own the Information Superhighway because the traditional media has been thrown on the wayside along with it's revenue for them.
Sadly though, our government officials CAN be bought out.
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How could they regulate domains they don't own ?
I can see their domains or content they own, but not the rest. See I have AT&T DSL, not any broadband cable who also owns TV cable.
Forget regulation..don't let monopolies form to begin with. Separation of media ownership and don't let a few own a lot.
That's what the FCC has done..monopolies forming via merge or buyout.
The FCC and other governmental agents failed IMO when they didn't stop all the merging and media consolidation that occurred during the 90's.
The constant remakes over and over again in the theaters and the prevalence of reality shows are but one legacy of this.
Fact of the matter is Big Tele has already been in private talks with the FCC as my previous linked articles mention.
Things have already been set into motion.
Things such as this awful internet tax which not only will exacerbate the recession as consumers will be more reluctant to shop and online businesses will have reduced revenue thus laying off employees and further reducing economic activity.
"The halcyon days of tax-free Internet shopping will, if Rep. Bill Delahunt gets his way, soon be coming to an abrupt end. Delahunt, a Massachusetts Democrat, introduced a bill on Thursday that would rewrite the ground rules for Internet and mail order sales by eliminating the option for many Americans to shop over the Internet without paying state sales taxes."
This is exactly why Big Tele wants to privatize the internet.
"In a cautious move into the original content business, search titan Google announced that its YouTube property has created a $5 million fund to help finance more original videos. The company will invite up to 100 of its existing contributors to submit proposals to win a grant.
YouTube has attracted a growing list of individuals and small companies uploading original videos on a regular basis, typically taking the form of a video blog, a satirical news cast or a sketch comedy. Examples of a YouTube partner include Mondo Media, which produces animated shorts, and Shane Dawson, who shoots original comedy skits every week. "They are the new class of content creators," Mr. Strompolos said.
Many of these partners get a revenue share from advertising that runs on their YouTube channel, but most do not generate enough page views to draw significant sums. "Many of these content creators have been out there on shoestring budgets," Mr. Strompolos said. "And it makes such perfect sense to take these brands and push them forward."
The media oligarchs are desperately seeking to maintain and expand their fiefdoms.
"Democracy depends on the vibrant exchange of ideas; on information presented in coherent, meaningful ways; on independent thought which is not tailored for commercial advantage. Consolidation of ownership and power in the media removes these vital elements from the marketplace. Instead of a town square where ideas flow freely, the news business becomes more like a shopping mall dominated by a small number of megastores. This thwarts the public's interest in robust, well-informed discussion of the critical issues of our times.
Increasingly, the same company that provides consumer access to the Internet also provides access to television; that is, the ISP is also the cable company. As the proposed joint venture between Comcast and NBC Universal demonstrates, this convergence will place control of three central elements of the media market into the hands of a small number of corporate entities: distribution of television programming by cable; access to the Internet; and content production. We have asked the FCC to consider this development as it updates its media consolidation rules."
"Genachowski simply wants to correct the past mistake, put the Internet connectivity eggs back into the telecommunications service back in the right basket and move on. The FCC reclassified the Internet access service to the benefit of industry in 2002 and nobody complained. Now the agency simply wants to take another look, and the big telecom carriers and their Congressional spokesmodels are raising holy Hell that the FCC wants to regulate the Internet. Go figure. "
"The government now has a role to play. Congress can mitigate the influence of corporate money on our elections. The FCC can enact rules that would protect Net Neutrality and free speech online. And the FCC and Congress can block the NBC-Comcast merger, or in the very least, put strict conditions on the company to protect local and diverse journalism and information.
But Franken also said that the real action needs to come from the public.
"I can tell you first hand that the government, the White House and the FCC have been hearing plenty from corporations on the other side of these issues and not nearly enough from you," Franken said in closing. "If you want to protect the free flow of information in this country and all that depends on it, you have to help me fight this!"
"On the other is a lobbying juggernaut that seeks to dismantle online openness so that phone and cable companies can rebuild the Internet as a gated community that serves their bottom line.
The problem is that policymakers aren't holding the line for the public. They seem content simply to cut a deal between companies with the most political and economic clout.
If that doesn't worry you, it should.
It's because of Net neutrality that great ideas like YouTube (which began in an office above a pizzeria in San Mateo) and Twitter (which grew out of a daylong brainstorming session among podcasters) blossomed to revolutionize how we connect and communicate with one another."
some days, I would love to just go fly a kite. The internet is getting too commercialized. The news sites load up a lot of ads before I can even scroll down and read an article. It's aggrivating. The dreaded page freezes are increasing, and so are the animated ads that I find silly. Some of it irritates me. If they raise the price of internet torture, I will have to find another way to amuse myself.
Looks like big media companies like Time Warner and Comcast are looking to tame the wild west that is the internet. More info.
If this goes through, access to sites like youtube or even citydata might cost us even more than what we're now paying. In a nutshell internet service providers choose what content you have access to and how much you will pay for it. The providers can charge and deny what you access at their own discretion. This will be a good test of the current administration's stance on net neutrality and anti-trust enforcement.
This is exactly what net neutrality is designed to prevent. It's sad that Glenn Beck lies about net neutrality and the wing nuts believe him. Without net neutrality internet providers can slow down access to websites they don't own or even insist on charging you more just to see websites outside of Time Warner's or Comcast's own offerings.
"On the other is a lobbying juggernaut that seeks to dismantle online openness so that phone and cable companies can rebuild the Internet as a gated community that serves their bottom line.
The problem is that policymakers aren't holding the line for the public. They seem content simply to cut a deal between companies with the most political and economic clout.
If that doesn't worry you, it should.
It's because of Net neutrality that great ideas like YouTube (which began in an office above a pizzeria in San Mateo) and Twitter (which grew out of a daylong brainstorming session among podcasters) blossomed to revolutionize how we connect and communicate with one another."
It all comes back to money. The politicians in both parties no longer care about doing the right thing or doing what the people want and instead are only interested in doing what the lobbyists with big money pay them to do. Lobbying money has corrupted our government to the core.
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