FCC Commissioner Michael Copps on Pearl Jam Censorship

FCC Commissioner Copps talks about the recent Pearl Jam censorship incident, and says that without net neutrality protections there is nothing preventing AT&T right now from doing that to internet content that flows over their network.

The full transcript is here: http://openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=841

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News & Politics

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• net
• neutrality
• Copps
• FCC
• Pearl
• Jam
• censorship

[FattKidd]

How about pulling their FCC licenses or revoking their corporate charter? There's plenty that can be done. What's lacking is the will of those in put in charge to represent US, the consumers.

[peacelf]

cont. I trust several politicians to challenge the big money campaigns, however, the power of the media prevents people like Kucinich, Ron Paul, and Gravel from getting noticed. Look at the Dems Iowa debate. Kucincich waited 50 mins before being called on to answer a question. The media has control over who's elected.

[geitepung]

Disgusting little parrot. That's right, talk like the fucking politician rat you are, lash out a sea of words without saying one fucking thing, you're all the fucking same, you new age fucking Nazis.

[briggiano]

In 2008, 23.65% of China's exports were to the USA.Making the USA there best customer Running USA trade deficit of $266.3billion with China alone.China is also the largest foreign holder of US treasury securities.They have the strongest growing economy and last time i checked China was a communist country. So we are the ones that let unregulated corporations slowly take control of the government and us. And we continue to feed China. We cannot even buy MADE IN THE USA if we wanted to.

[Martintfre]

what is worse? a single point of political government control or multiple choices.

What is it about "Congress shal make no law..." that these tards don't get?

What governing philosophy wants total control of communications and transportation? Hint ..starts with a C and ends with omunism.

[farmeadow]

Still believe you live in the country of the free and the brave.Your not a free country anymore so there aren't probably any brave to.

wake up,Yankees your country is beeing sold out to tha NAU.

They already own you or else they could'nt have taken away your most important right namely FREEDOM OF SPEECH. good luck U.S.A

[peacelf]

Fatt, there hasn't been a corporate charter pulled since nobody knows when. The political will no longer exists because the corporations own the politicans; in other words, the police work for the criminals.

[peacelf]

Cont 3, in that educational model, I would agree on free markets, as long as corporations lose their excessive superpowers and rights. They deserve no rights, except to produce a product or service at a profit. But, they should not be able to own land or outlive their usefulness. And, a corporate charter should be evoked at the first sign of impropriety.

[peacelf]

cont. 2, In my perefect world, our educational system would be utilized for educating young people to be critical citizens, rather than mindless workers/employees. I have spent the past 20 years pushing a different educational system that would do that. However, politicans who know nothing about educ pushe dthe no child left behind act, which dumbs down ed. (see my vid on NCLB)

[peacelf]

nex, I appreciate your honesty, and yes we can agree on many things. However, the path to getting there is a long and wily one, with big money poolitics fighting all the way. Like Hitler, who slowly eased power away from the people, so did corporations, and I am a little troubled when people look at social services critically but ignore the greatest benefactors of the public dole: corporations!