INDEX
- Latest Developments In The Fight To Stop A Govt Internet Takeover
- State of Illinois Launches Sunshine Portal (CFA Site »)
- China Buys Our Debt, We Give Them Renewable Energy Stimulus Jobs...Seems About Right
- ATR Urges Governor McDonnell to Sign Bill to Abolish State Run Tax Preparation
- Saving the Sea Turtles...But at What Cost? (PRA Site »)
- Craig Miller Signs Taxpayer Protection Pledge in FL-24
- Next Week is Sunshine Week! (CFA Site »)
- The Economics of #StimulusFail
- Missouri Unions and Andy Stern on the Same Page: Raise Taxes (AWF Site »)
- Obamacare, Free Trade, & Our Economic Prosperity
Friday, March 12, 2010
- Rusty Bowers Signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge for AZ-01 Race
- Ask Your Virginia Legislator to Vote "NO" on Any Budget Containing Higher Taxes
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ATR Supports H.R. 4781, the
"Keeping American Businesses
Competitive Act of 2010" - Stimulus Dollars Are Taking You for A Ride - On Greyhound Buses (CFA Site »)
- Ronald Reagan Legacy Project Urges Naming of California High School After Reagan
- Democrats Attempt to Subvert Congress in Hopes of Carbon Regulation
- Economic Issues Dominate at the Bloggers Briefing
- Pushback Against EPA’s Attempts to Regulate Carbon Emissions Grows
- Minnesota Gubernatorial Candidate Running on a Platform of Tax Hikes
Thursday, March 11, 2010
- Michigan Jobs Ain't What They Used To Be...Unless You Work For The Government
- ATR and CFA Support Earmark Moratorium
- CFA Supports Earmark Moratorium (CFA Site »)
- Voter Fraud in the Name of Tax Hikes
- Ballooning Deficits in Greece Foreshadowing Future for the U.S.? (ASA Site »)
- Green Jobs FAIL
- The Evergreen Tax and Fee Spree
- Pelosi: "But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it" (CFA Site »)
- ATR Staffer Testifies Before U.S. House Energy & Commerce Select Committee
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
- The endemic rot in government run health care
- The Debt Panel's 800-lb. Gorilla: Why Andy Stern Stands Out
- The Left Agree: Obamacare Ushers In Their Radical Ideological Agenda
- We Ought Focus On Cutting Taxes & Spending, Not Deficits
- The Debt Panel's 800-lb. Gorilla (AWF Site »)
-
Does the Obamacare Investment Surtax
Apply to Capital Gains? - ATR Urges Opposition to Sen. Isakson Pension Bailout
- Taxpayers to Legislators: Clean Virginia Budget of Taxes
- ATR Supports the Georgia JOBS Act
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
- ATR Urges Utah Governor Herbert to Veto Tax Increase
- More on the VAT
- Public Sector Jobs
- How 550,000 jobs were destroyed by the minimum wage hike
- How Obamacare Will Hurt Poor Women & Children Most
- Federal Workers Make $11,000 More Than Private Sector Workers, and There’s More of Them (AWF Site »)
Monday, March 8, 2010
- Legislation Introduced to Put Ronald Reagan on the $50 Bill
- Pledge Signer Wins Illinois Republican Gubernatorial Primary
- "Net Neutrality" To Kill Jobs
- NY Supreme Court Votes to Evict Residents and Close Businesses (PRA Site »)
- California US Senate Candidates Square Off in First Debate
Friday, March 5, 2010
- ATR and CFA Support the Spending Limit Amendment
- Utah Representative Breaks Tax Pledge
- AWF Will Rate Vote on House Jobs Bill (AWF Site »)
- Energy Tax Hike Series: Use it or Lose it Tax
Thursday, March 4, 2010
- The reliability of spending "estimates"
- Utah State Senator Tries to Sweeten Tax Hike with Pork
- Obama Administration Makes Attempt to Seize Millions of Acres Across America (PRA Site »)
- More "Stimulus" Boondoggles - Social Engineering and Lobbying for Higher Taxes
- Energy Tax Hike Series: Raises Taxes on Tertiary Injectants
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
- Is This Reality or a Science Fiction Dystopia?
- Andy Stern Update: US Attorney Reviewing Case & Obama Appoints Stern to Debt Panel
- Texans: Do You Know Which Candidates Have Signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge?
- AWF Asks White House to Take Position on Andy Stern Investigation After Appointment to Debt Panel (AWF Site »)
- AWF Continues Andy Stern Investigation (AWF Site »)
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
- Energy Tax Hike Series: Superfund Tax Reinstated
Monday, March 1, 2010
- Rick Berg First Pledge Signer in North Dakota Congressional Race
Friday, February 26, 2010
How "Net Neutrality" Will Encourage Intellectual Property Theft
From Tim Andrews on Tuesday, December 8, 2009 11:41 AM
Last 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!
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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
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
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