Vote against COPE.
Jun. 11th, 2006 04:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
icarusI can't believe it. The House of Representatives actually passed COPE. This is the equivalent of allowing a business to put up roadblocks and extort money from passerbys.
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titti has a really detailed post about this, but here're the nuts and bolts: AT&T and Verizon want to scam the U.S. internet providers for more money by charging for the speed of your connection to their site. Oh? You don't want to pay for the privilege of allowing people to access your site conveniently? Too bad, so sad -- no matter how fast your visitors' internet connections are, your site will run at the speed of sludge.
Nice.
The House of Representatives hasn't thought this through. Who will be able to pay for these fast connections? Well. Who makes tons of money off their sites?
The highly profitable rip-off porn industry.
I believe in the first ammendment, but I don't believe porn sites should be privileged over college research. Or childrens' web spaces. Or news sites.
Have a conservative representative? Help them make the connection between the profitable porn industry and AT&T and Verizon's bid to make money off of it. Tell them to vote no:
http://www.savetheinternet.com/=act
An article on the subject if you'd like more information.
titti has a really detailed post about this, but here're the nuts and bolts: AT&T and Verizon want to scam the U.S. internet providers for more money by charging for the speed of your connection to their site. Oh? You don't want to pay for the privilege of allowing people to access your site conveniently? Too bad, so sad -- no matter how fast your visitors' internet connections are, your site will run at the speed of sludge.Nice.
The House of Representatives hasn't thought this through. Who will be able to pay for these fast connections? Well. Who makes tons of money off their sites?
The highly profitable rip-off porn industry.
I believe in the first ammendment, but I don't believe porn sites should be privileged over college research. Or childrens' web spaces. Or news sites.
Have a conservative representative? Help them make the connection between the profitable porn industry and AT&T and Verizon's bid to make money off of it. Tell them to vote no:
http://www.savetheinternet.com/=act
An article on the subject if you'd like more information.
