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Greg Steen

Why the Internet Freaked Out When Fox Pulled House from Hulu - 0 views

  • Many observers immediately labeled Fox's block a violation of the principle of "network neutrality"—the idea that Internet service providers should allow subscribers to access all legal content online. Neutrality rules have been the subject of fierce debate in Washington, and activists are constantly on the lookout for perceived anti-neutrality maneuvering.

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    If Fox's move violated "neutrality," though, it wasn't in the way we've long defined that term. Advocates for net neutrality rules have mainly been concerned about the power that cable and phone companies can exert on the Internet. The theory is that in most local areas, broadband companies exist as monopolies or duopolies—you can get the Internet from your phone company or your cable company—and, therefore, are in a position to influence online content. What if, for instance, AT&T demanded that YouTube pay a surcharge every time a customer watches a video? To prevent such abuses, the Federal Communications Commission imposed Internet "openness" guidelines (PDF) in 2005, and since then regulators and lawmakers have been arguing about how to make those guidelines both permanent and enforceable.

    But this Fox-Cablevision-Hulu scenario turns the neutrality debate on its head. Here, it wasn't the broadband company—Cablevision—that blocked customers' access to content. Instead, it was the content company, Fox, that imposed the ban. Why is that distinction important? Because while it's easy to think of justifications for imposing neutrality regulations on broadband companies, it's less clear how we should feel about imposing rules on content providers. Telecom companies are regulated by the FCC, and there's a long history of the government forcing "openness" rules on public communications infrastructure. If the government can prohibit phone companies from deciding whom you can and can't call, shouldn't we have a similar rule preventing ISPs from deciding what you can get on the Web?

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    B/c House is awesome, obviously!  I bet it's lupus!  Srsly though, article talks about how internet content is beginning to be subject to the same bullshit as TV and other traditional media.  And net neutrality comes into play of course.
John Rich

Tech Giants Make Net Neutrality Case As Deadline Nears : All Tech Considered : NPR - 0 views

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    Todays the last day to comment on the current Net Neutrality proposal: http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/upload/display?z=ynot4
John Rich

Obama backs net neutrality, says the internet should be classed as a utility - The Next... - 0 views

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    Full net neutrality would lead to even more rapid disruption of the telecom and television industry.
dustinrthompson

Genius Scan - 4 views

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    Genius Scan Scans Documents From Your Phone. Last week Netted covered the Doxie One, a stapler-sized tool that scans to the cloud. Today, they've got an even more-portable solution: an app called Genius Scan. Genius Scan might just fix your coverting woes.
John Rich

FCC Tries Explaining New Net Neutrality Approach as Techies Freak | Re/code - 1 views

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    A "fast lane" is not neutral. This is a tipping point that will dramatically effect the future. BTW all members of the FCC serve (or unserve) at the pleasure of the POTUS.
scottsooner

Mma video benchmarking-study-1-finals - 0 views

Emily Knab

Slashdot Entertainment Story | Feds and Hollywood Seize Domains of Movie Pirates - 0 views

  • TVShack.net, Movies-links.tv, Filespump.com, Now-movies.com, PlanetMoviez.com, PirateCity.org, zml.com, NinjaVideo.net, and NinjaThis.net.
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    used in 7.1
John Rich

What you need to know about net neutrality - 0 views

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    Worth it just for the Colbert video
John Rich

Verizon is mad that its huge net neutrality gamble backfired | Ars Technica - 0 views

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    An open internet will mean that innovation will continue to accelerate creating more work for us;-)
Simeon Spearman

MediaPost Publications Social, Net Heavily Influence Moms' Food Choices 12/10/2012 - 0 views

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    "A new report confirms the significant and growing influence of the Internet and social media in the shopping decisions of U.S. moms. In preparing to go shopping, mothers are 43% more likely to go online to gather coupons and 38% more likely to look at store Web sites than food shoppers as a whole, according to Packaged Facts' "Moms as Food Shoppers: Grocery Store and Supercenter Patterns and Trends" report.  Further, moms are nearly twice as likely as food shoppers overall to have used social media to plan their most recent grocery shopping trip (20% versus 11%). And in addition to consulting blogs prior to shopping, they are increasingly using mobile apps to ensure that they're getting the best deals while shopping. "
Ivy Chang

App.net Gets Its Own Video-Sharing App, Climber - SocialTimes - 1 views

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    The app supports multi-take videos up to 11 seconds long, midway between Vine's 6-second and Viddy's 15-second caps. Users can preview videos before posting them to App.net's Twitter competitor, Alpha.
dustinrthompson

Convert Online Articles into MP3s with SoundGecko - 2 views

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    Copy link and paste it into SoundGecko, a new site that converts any Web article into a spoken-word MP3.There's no registration necessary, though if you create an account you'll be able to sync SoundGecko to your DropBox and Google Drive accounts as well as use the service's iPhone app.
dustinrthompson

Digitize, Use, and Recycle Your Gift Cards with Gyft - 1 views

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    Ease the physical burden with Gyft, an app for Android and iPhone that digitizes and stores you physical gift cards, then lets you use and even regift them right from your device.
Simeon Spearman

TV studios too strong for Apple disruption - Entertainment News, TV News, Media - Variety - 0 views

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    "In addition to keeping Apple at bay, DiClemente believes the studios could even survive a scenario in which cord-cutting became so pervasive that distributors were forced to do away with their bundled channel packages. That's because the broadcasters that are their primary clients wouldn't be affected. "The programs airing on the broadcast nets would maintain the reach needed to create demand for that content in later windows," wrote DiClemente."
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