Bye-bye net neutrality?
Arthur Charles in the Guardian:
“It’s a sort of capture of the internet industry by the content industry, mediated by government.”
This is surely one of the most ominous sentences imagineable for the free/Free software ecosystem (and for computer users in general)? I say this not because I support people ripping-off copyrighted work against its author’s wishes (I don’t), but because it’s very hard to accept that any such control wouldn’t be used to interfere with the public’s legitimate right to collaboratively create restriction-free software. (UPDATE: Here we go: French record labels sue, um, SourceForge)
Oh boy, this is such an important and involved topic. I really must get my thoughts in order and post a statement of my beliefs, lest I end up accused of unsupportable “freetard” sloganeering and posturing. Tonight maybe, if I have the time, I’ll post my thoughts on why most software should, and for the most part will, end up being made available without license restrictions.
Tags: copyright, Free software, freedom, ISPs, net neutrality