[pp.int.general] how do you feel about net neutrality?

[Amelia Andersdotter]

2008/9/5 Carlos Ayala <aiarakoa at yahoo.es>:
> ----- Mensaje original ----
> De: Amelia Andersdotter <teirdes at gmail.com>
> Enviado: viernes, 5 de septiembre, 2008 17:04:09
>> But in the States, most of the network infrastructure has been built by
>> private enterprises who
>> therefore also own it and should consequently be allowed to do whatever
>> they want.
>
> I'm not an expert in US laws, however -and we have here Andrew just in case
> that were required to fix my mistakes-:
>
> - there are anti-monopolistic laws in US

Yes. But the issue at hand was not monopolies, but whether or not
private enterprises and therefore "private interests" own the network
infrastructure and thereby the net.

> - as long as a person is not allowed to hit people with a car, no matter if
> it's a car of his/her own, an ISP/State is not allowed to invade their
> users' privacy, no matter whether that ISP/State has fully paid the net
> infrastructures or not
>

Of course they can. The state can't invade the privacy as easily
though - it tends to make voters and citizens very grumpy.

But for a private enterprise, they can just put in their end-user
agreement that they'll be allowed to do so and so, and then claim it
was the user's free choice that led to them being surveilled. And
unless you want to remove the freedom for citizens to partake in
business deals, that's a very difficult practise to get rid of. (for
the record - I think the practise is bad and should be regulated)

/amelia


> Neither the State nor ISPs are (theoretically) above the law; so they are
> not allowed to enhance monopolies, nor to invade people's privacy. Regards
>
>
>                                                                   Carlos
> Ayala
>                                                                   ( Aiarakoa
> )
>
>                                               Partido Pirata National
> Board's Chairman
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