Gonna Be a New World
Verizon is suing the FCC over its unauthorized internet power-grab. Here’s Seton Motley:
In layman’s terms, Verizon claims in their suit that the FCC order alters wireless licenses (which it certainly appears to do). A clause in the 1996 Telecommunications Act stipulates that if the FCC alters someone’s wireless license and that someone sues, they are guaranteed an expedited hearing in – the D.C. Circuit.
The venue which, as we just mentioned, unanimously dismissed the last FCC attempt to power grab Internet and Net Neutrality-imposition authority.
As (we hope) President Bush learned after he signed McCain-Feingold into law, it’s dangerous to rely on the courts to undo the damage. But with internet-takeover trolls controlling the executive branch and the Senate, that’s exactly where we find ourselves with the FCC.
The idea of a free wheeling Internet is over. Someone or something will be in control. Either it will be a big player squeezing out competition by throttleing thier bandwith or government will step in and uncontrol it to the point of chaos. The thing is it still works, sort of.
There are too many bad things, and I am not talking content, on the nets. If you do not have a firewall you are vunerable and even with one you are not totally secure. Viruses, Worms etc are attacking constantly. Then there is Malware stealing resources. I could go on.
We can agree there is a proper place for Government when dealing with a communications system but to what degree should government be allowed? That is the real question.
Given that this Court has already ruled that the FCC has no authority to anything the internet, doesn’t this attempt constitute “Contempt of Court”?
Oh, that is too funny….
Richb313-
there are a lot of bad people in the world, and keeping them from taking our lunch costs a lot of time and effort. Doesn’t mean that I’d be cool with a police state.
Just to be clear, the GOP does control the House, right? So they get a say in what agencies get how much money, right? So theoretically they could just deny any money going to the FCC, or EPA, NPR, PBS, Dept. of Education, right?
Don’t be ridiculous. If they didn’t give money to the FCC, who would protect our children from the horrors of single non-literal uses of swear words on the air?