{"id":518260,"date":"2010-04-06T18:03:04","date_gmt":"2010-04-06T22:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com\/?p=7219"},"modified":"2010-04-06T18:03:04","modified_gmt":"2010-04-06T22:03:04","slug":"the-internet-is-a-bit-less-free-%e2%80%a6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/518260","title":{"rendered":"The internet is a bit less free \u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; and a bit more corporate (at least for now) after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/04\/07\/technology\/07net.html?hp\" >this appeals court ruling<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>From the link:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A federal appeals court on Tuesday dealt a sharp blow to the efforts of the\u00a0<a title=\"More articles about the Federal Communications Commission.\" href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/reference\/timestopics\/organizations\/f\/federal_communications_commission\/index.html?inline=nyt-org\">Federal Communications Commission<\/a> to set the rules of the road for the Internet, ruling that the agency lacks the authority to require broadband providers to give equal treatment to all Internet traffic flowing over their networks.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a title=\"Text of the court ruling in the net neutrality case.e\" href=\"http:\/\/pacer.cadc.uscourts.gov\/common\/opinions\/201004\/08-1291-1238302.pdf\">decision<\/a>, by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, specifically concerned the efforts of\u00a0<a title=\"More information about Comcast Corp\" href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/news\/business\/companies\/comcast_corporation\/index.html?inline=nyt-org\">Comcast<\/a>, the nation\u2019s largest cable provider, to slow down customers\u2019 access to a service called BitTorrent, which is used to exchange large video files, most often pirated copies of movies.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com\/7219\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com\/7219\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godelicious\/davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com\/7219\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/delicious\/davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com\/7219\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gostumble\/davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com\/7219\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/stumble\/davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com\/7219\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godigg\/davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com\/7219\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/digg\/davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com\/7219\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/goreddit\/davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com\/7219\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/reddit\/davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com\/7219\/\" \/><\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2464417&#038;post=7219&#038;subd=davidkirkpatrick&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; and a bit more corporate (at least for now) after this appeals court ruling. 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