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Comcast Launches Denial-of-Citizen Attack on Democracy

Remember those Net Neutrality videos you watched on CC a while ago? Turns out some corporation not only wants to control the Internet traffic, they want to block public forums as well. Last year Comcast, one of the biggest cable companies and Internet Service Providers in the United States, was caught injecting forged TCP/RST packets into users’ traffic to interfere with their BitTorrent uploads and downloads. FCC, or the Federal Communications Commission, therefore set up a public hearing to take place on February 25th at the Harvard Law School on a first-come, first-served basis. Based on discussions on this public forum as well as written comments from private citizens, the regulators may establish on what ISPs may and may not do.

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February 29th, 2008 Posted by em8chel << geek pride, party like it's 1984 >> Discuss

What is Net Neutrality and Why Greedy Corporations Hate It

Here are some videos I found on YouTube that illustrate the importance of being neutral for the Internet. They may seem somewhat US-centric but it is and will be a global issue. Enjoy!

Save the Internet

Don’t Let ISPs Make Decisions for You

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September 7th, 2007 Posted by em8chel << party like it's 1984 >> Discuss

“George Bush Leave This World Alone”: Pearl Jam censored by AT&T


The video was taken a few days ago at the Lollapalooza Festival in Chicago, with Eddie Vedder extending “Daughter” with part of “Another Brick in the Wall” from Pink Floyd, during which the following lines were sung: “George Bush leave this world alone. George Bush leave this world alone. George Bush find yourself another home.”

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August 10th, 2007 Posted by em8chel << party like it's 1984, soundtrack of our Lives >> Discuss