INDEX
- Vote 'NO!' to Government Regulation of Privacy at The Economist
- FCC Stalls on Internet Regulation; Asks for More Comments
- Why was the Volcker Commission Constrained by Obama’s Tax Pledge, but not the Simpson-Bowles?
- Daily Media Spotlight September 2, 2010
- Harry Reid Looks to Resurrect RES During Lame-Duck
- Calculating the Cost of Government (CFA Site »)
Thursday, September 2, 2010
- Daily Media Spotlight September 1, 2010
-
Obama Tax Commission Report:
Baby Step Toward IRS Tax Preparation - Dina Titus Launches False Attack Ad on Joe Heck and the Taxpayer Protection Pledge
- Indiana LaunchesTransparency Website (CFA Site »)
- Rally for Jobs Kicks Off Today in Texas
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
- Daily Media Spotlight August 31, 2010
- Let us All Join in on the NOT so “Green Cause”
- California Bag Ban Bill Up for Vote Today
- Norquist to Gov. Pat Quinn: Pick a Flawed Income Tax Hike and Stick With It
- Phil Moffett Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge in Kentucky Gubernatorial Race
- New Mexico Sets Trends in Transparency Websites (CFA Site »)
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
- Robert Gibbs’s Fuzzy Tax Hike Math
- Daily Media Spotlight August 30, 2010
Monday, August 30, 2010
- 2011 Could Be Ugly for Nevada Taxpayers
- Lame Duck Governor Ed Rendell Not Going Gently Into That Good Night – New Call for Higher Taxes
- Happy Cost of Government Day, California
- Bay Staters Spent 239 Days Paying for Government Burdens in 2010 (CFA Site »)
- Washington Welcomes Cost of Government Day (CFA Site »)
Friday, August 27, 2010
- Spill Commission Should Lift Moratorium Which Has Cost Gulf Residents 12,000 Jobs and $2.1 Billion
- Daily Media Spotlight August 26, 2010
- Why is Dan Onorato Knowingly Misleading Pennsylvania Voters?
- Unions plan on spending big this election cycle
- Utah Tobacco Sellers Feeling the Impact of Tax Hikes
Thursday, August 26, 2010
- Daily Media Spotlight August 25, 2010
- WI Democrats Launch “Blatantly False” Attack on Sean Duffy
- Unions plan on spending big this election cycle (AWF Site »)
- Philly's New Blog Tax May Foreshadow Other eTaxes
- BNA: For 14 States, Existing Tax Code Leaves Room for Etax (Stop eTaxes Site »)
- Philly's $300 Blogger Tax (Stop eTaxes Site »)
- Cost of Government Day Arrives in the Commonwealth
- Pennsylvania Finally Celebrates Cost of Government Day
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
- California Budget Proposal Advocates eTax (Stop eTaxes Site »)
- Daily Media Spotlight August 24, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
- Daily Media Spotlight August 23, 2010
- Government Workers' Pensions are Underfunded by $3 Trillion
Monday, August 23, 2010
- Fourteen Ways to Reduce Government Spending
- FCC Report on Broadband Performance: A Scare Tactic
- Sen. Al Franken Doesn’t Understand Wireless Networks...or the First Amendment
Friday, August 20, 2010
- Daily Media Spotlight August 19, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
How "Net Neutrality" Will Encourage Intellectual Property Theft
From Tim Andrews on Tuesday, December 8, 2009 11:41 AMLast week, the Songwriters Guild of America testified before the New York City Council, expressing their staunch opposition for “Net Neutrality”, as proposed by the FCC. Under the proposed rules, "net neutrality would" create a legal safe harbor for pirates to continue to loot intellectual property, primarily by discouraging network operators from taking actions to prevent such misconduct. The SGA testified:
The FCC is proposing to enshrine forever rules governing the Internet that are responsible for this devastation to the songwriter community. While these rules require that all lawful uses be treated “in a non-discriminatory manner,” they ignore whether or not the usage is unlawful. The result is the property created and owned by songwriters like me is discriminated against. This is anything but neutral.”
The Songwriters Guild of America has previously stated that:
“The greatest risk of harm to consumers comes from regulatory and legislative proposals to prevent responsible ISPs from managing their networks. At the moment, the free market is the best weapon we have to combating Internet piracy. Technology created the illegal file sharing monster, but more technology can detect and deter those practices that are illegal. In other words, we must fight technology with technology. Unfortunately, the current net neutrality regulatory proposals would smother this nascent technological counter-attack against Internet piracy.The songwriting profession right now is like a person drowning in the quicksand of digital piracy. Of those whose heads remain above the surface, many are up to their armpits. There is a chance that some new technology will be the rope thrown to us before it is too late. But companies and entrepreneurs need an economic incentive to develop those anti-piracy technologies. Regulations restricting the ability of ISPs to manage their networks would discourage the development of these vital technologies and would eliminate the last bit of hope that songwriters have to survive the digital onslaught.
So support America’s songwriters, and oppose net neutrality!














Comments
I definitely oppose net neutrality. Not good for music lovers or the songwriter. If you have a telent, then you should be able to sell it without interference from Big Brother. If we don't stop Obama, we'll have nothing left including the internet. Cell phones will go, too. We need to fight this out of control Congress.
>> Nancy Lassiter Thursday, December 10, 2009 11:55 AM Report Comment
This is the one of the most ignorant views I've run across in a long time. You truly don't understand the concept of net neutrality if you think that is in any way like "big brother". Net Neutrality is exactly the opposite of big brother. Net Neutrality does NOT provide safe harbors for people who are engaged in copyright infringement. It protects law abiding citizens like me from being spied on and allowing me to access the internet in the way it was intended...not how Comcast thinks it should be.
>> Allan Thursday, December 17, 2009 1:51 PM Report Comment
this is the worst piece of tripe i have ever read. does the sga or tim andrews (i cant imagine thats his real name because no one would assign their name to such a poorly written blurb) have any idea how the internet actually works?? net neutrality would be the biggest arrow in the quiver that the small singer/songwriter may have against the domination of comcast, et al... my goodness, i really dont even know where to begin tearing this article apart. please read and study this issue before ever writing something so wrong!!
>> bill Thursday, December 17, 2009 5:21 PM Report Comment