COM 4317: Electronic Media Regulation/Dr. David Spiceland

Net Neutrality:

What it is:  I don't recommend Wikipedia as a serious source for information, but the following article gives a nice overall of the Net Neutrality issue:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality


These are not neutral discussions of Net Neutrality, but will give you an idea what the concept is:

CNN: Net neutrality: Why you should care, 8/20/2010, 5:48: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P1gTzEOhOA&feature=relmfu
CNN: Net neutrality 101, 12/21/2010 8:13: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajZGWATXLUs&feature=related

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Groups for Net Neutrality:
Public Knowledge: http://www.publicknowledge.org/issues/network-neutrality

Save the Internet: (Free Press): http://www.savetheinternet.com/

Free Press: http://freepress.net

Open Internet Coalition: http://www.savetheinternet.com/

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Those who favor Net Neutrality:

a video that explains why discrimination on the Internet is a problem and will continue to be as long as net neutrality rules are not enforced: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9jHOn0EW8U

What is "Net Neutrality?" April 8, 2009, 2:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L11kLmWha6o&feature=related

Net Neutrality Debate in Congress: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8saOrk6ktns&feature=relmfu

FCC's Copps: The Public "Gets" Net Neutrality, DC Doesn't, 8/19/2010 (5:16) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PYFI9tVSDI&feature=related

Steve Wozniak on Network Neutrality: Dec 2010, 1:46: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDjItowvPwo&feature=relmfu

The Communicators: FCC Acting Chair Michael Copps, 5/20/2009 (27:55): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfjKP2FWt1Y&feature=relmfu

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Some discussions:
The Communicators: Reactions to FCC's Net Neutrality Proposal 9/25/2009 (33:03): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8LrJL0Z3cg&feature=related

Chris Guttman-McCabe of the Wireless Association and Ben Scott of Free Press offer two perspectives on FCC Chair Julius Genachowski's recently announced Net Neutrality proposal. Program for Saturday, September 26, 2009.
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Those against Net Neutrality:

Stop Net Regulation Editor in Chief: http://stopnetregulation.org

Heritage: http://blog.heritage.org/2010/12/01/fcc%E2%80%99s-christmas-gift-for-the-internet-net-neutrality-regulation/


Fox News, 3:10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILdov23MMME&feature=related
 

Will Net Neutrality Save the Internet? 12/20/2010, 4:02: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTshrURtcjU&feature=related

Libertarian:
http://reason.tv

Cato Institute: http://www.cato.org/

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Additional items:

National Broadband Plan:
http://www.broadband.gov/plan/

Last updated: 4/3/2011