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Draft Proposed Rules for Public Input
Below are the FCC's proposed policy changes affecting net neutrality.
The short version of the full FCC document (FCC 09-93) can be found here.
The full-text version of the full FCC document (FCC 09-93) can be found here.
"The purpose of these rules is to preserve the open Internet."
"Reasonable network management. Reasonable network management consists of:
(a) reasonable practices employed by a provider of broadband Internet access service to:
(i) reduce or mitigate the effects of congestion on its network or to address quality-of-service
concerns;
(ii) address traffic that is unwanted by users or harmful;
(iii) prevent the transfer of unlawful content; or
(iv) prevent the unlawful transfer of content; and
(b) other reasonable network management practices."
"Subject to reasonable network management, a provider of broadband Internet access service...
...may not prevent any of its users from sending or receiving the lawful content of the user’s choice over the Internet...
...may not prevent any of its users from running the lawful applications or using the lawful services of the user’s choice...
...may not prevent any of its users from connecting to and using on its network the user’s choice of lawful devices that do not harm the network...may not deprive any of its users of the user’s entitlement to competition among network providers, application providers, service providers, and content providers...
...must treat lawful content, applications, and services in a nondiscriminatory manner...
...must disclose such information concerning network management and other practices as is reasonably required for users and content, application, and service providers to enjoy the protections specified in this part..."
"Nothing in this part supersedes any obligation a provider of broadband Internet access service may have—or limits its ability...to address the needs of law enforcement, consistent with applicable law...to deliver emergency communications or to address the needs of public safety or national or homeland security authorities, consistent with applicable law...from complying with other laws."
The short version of the full FCC document (FCC 09-93) can be found here.
The full-text version of the full FCC document (FCC 09-93) can be found here.
"The purpose of these rules is to preserve the open Internet."
"Reasonable network management. Reasonable network management consists of:
(a) reasonable practices employed by a provider of broadband Internet access service to:
(i) reduce or mitigate the effects of congestion on its network or to address quality-of-service
concerns;
(ii) address traffic that is unwanted by users or harmful;
(iii) prevent the transfer of unlawful content; or
(iv) prevent the unlawful transfer of content; and
(b) other reasonable network management practices."
"Subject to reasonable network management, a provider of broadband Internet access service...
...may not prevent any of its users from sending or receiving the lawful content of the user’s choice over the Internet...
...may not prevent any of its users from running the lawful applications or using the lawful services of the user’s choice...
...may not prevent any of its users from connecting to and using on its network the user’s choice of lawful devices that do not harm the network...may not deprive any of its users of the user’s entitlement to competition among network providers, application providers, service providers, and content providers...
...must treat lawful content, applications, and services in a nondiscriminatory manner...
...must disclose such information concerning network management and other practices as is reasonably required for users and content, application, and service providers to enjoy the protections specified in this part..."
"Nothing in this part supersedes any obligation a provider of broadband Internet access service may have—or limits its ability...to address the needs of law enforcement, consistent with applicable law...to deliver emergency communications or to address the needs of public safety or national or homeland security authorities, consistent with applicable law...from complying with other laws."
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| openprivacy | "lawful" is a slippery slope | 1 | Sep 9 2010, 7:25 PM EDT by Obsidian743 | ||
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This word opens all sorts of questions: how do they know the content is "lawful"? Must they be watching everything I do? What makes it unlawful? In what jurisdiction? Is it unlawful to read text that the ISP has determined is dangerous to its business practices before a court has determined this? Who decides what is "lawful" and what is not "lawful"? And who watches the watchers?
Note that the mail and phone system are considered "common carriers" and as such are not charged with ensuring that the content they deliver is "lawful". The Internet should be treated the same. |
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