Net neutrality just got a boost in Europe, thanks to a consumer rights committee
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[quote]A committee of the European Parliament has almost unanimously voted through [URL="http://gigaom.com/2014/01/15/can-europe-really-offer-startups-a-better-deal-on-net-neutrality/"]net neutrality[/URL] proposals that had been proposed by digital agenda commissioner Neelie Kroes – but not without some amendments that seriously tighten up the language. For the most part, these changes will please net neutrality advocates (who are in any case getting their first European net neutrality legislation here).As the text now stands, it looks very much like ISPs and content providers have lost the explicit right — included in the original proposals — to strike deals between one another for “specialized services”. This doesn’t mean they can’t strike deals, but it does mean that ability is not entrenched in Europe-wide law. The amendments also place stricter conditions on the deals that can be struck.
It also appears that there will be stricter limitations on how internet traffic can be shaped or limited – only for transient network congestion and specific court orders, and not for crime-fighting or at the whim of the national government. (That said, sources in the legislative process have suggested to me that the original text in fact included fewer loopholes than now exist. I’m trying to nail that down, and also trying to find a publicly-published copy of the amendments to link to.)[/quote]
Hurr Durr EU bad
[URL="http://gigaom.com/2014/01/23/net-neutrality-just-got-a-boost-in-europe-thanks-to-a-consumer-rights-committee/"]Source and all details here[/URL]
Hell yeah! That's how it should be!
I want to see the EU do to *everywhere* else what the Sony did to Microsoft at E3, review their terrible decisions, learn from the mistakes, and make better decisions.
[editline]24th January 2014[/editline]
I know in politics that is over-simplification but I'm sure the veil abstraction makes this seem harder
Net neutrality brought to you by Switzerland
[QUOTE=Limed00d;43652473]Net neutrality brought to you by Switzerland[/QUOTE]
Switzerland isn't a member of the EU, and also isn't mentioned anywhere in the article.
[QUOTE=O Cheerios O;43652499]Switzerland isn't a member of the EU, and also isn't mentioned anywhere in the article.[/QUOTE]
it was a joke
[sp]switzerland is neutral, and is in europe gosh[/sp]
[QUOTE=Limed00d;43652508]it was a joke
[sp]switzerland is neutral, and is in europe gosh[/sp][/QUOTE]
That was a pretty vague joke
[QUOTE=Daniel Smith;43653362]That was a pretty vague joke[/QUOTE]
Was it?
It made perfect sense to me.
[QUOTE=Sgt-NiallR;43653423]Was it?
It made perfect sense to me.[/QUOTE]
It's the same situation as a mathematical joke when it comes to who finds it amusing.
Only a small minority do, while the rest finds it mind numbingly retarded.
Grr, this makes me so angry! What next, a competent law that doesn't allow you to be spied upon!? Damn EU, it's a slippery slope.
[QUOTE=Limed00d;43652508]it was a joke
[sp]switzerland is neutral, and is in europe gosh[/sp][/QUOTE]
Europe, yes. EU, no. Just like your own country.
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