http://techliberation.com/2006/05/19/more-on-underdogs-and-net-neutering/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Fri, 25 May 2012 18:27:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://techliberation.com/2006/05/19/more-on-underdogs-and-net-neutering/comment-page-1/#comment-46786 MikeT Sat, 20 May 2006 21:24:14 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/05/19/more-on-underdogs-and-net-neutering/#comment-46786 <p>James, the latest rhetoric from the ISPs is that Google and Microsoft <a href="http://blindmindseye.com/2006/05/14/the-people-shouldnt-have-to-pay-for-internet-access-at-all/" rel="nofollow">want to stick the public with practically all of the costs</a>. Neither side is innocent here. In fact, I can't see why anyone is particularly sympathetic to either side.</p> James, the latest rhetoric from the ISPs is that Google and Microsoft want to stick the public with practically all of the costs. Neither side is innocent here. In fact, I can’t see why anyone is particularly sympathetic to either side.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2006/05/19/more-on-underdogs-and-net-neutering/comment-page-1/#comment-33530 MikeT Sat, 20 May 2006 20:24:14 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/05/19/more-on-underdogs-and-net-neutering/#comment-33530 <p>James, the latest rhetoric from the ISPs is that Google and Microsoft <a href="http://blindmindseye.com/2006/05/14/the-people-shouldnt-have-to-pay-for-internet-access-at-all/" rel="nofollow">want to stick the public with practically all of the costs</a>. Neither side is innocent here. In fact, I can't see why anyone is particularly sympathetic to either side.</p> James, the latest rhetoric from the ISPs is that Google and Microsoft want to stick the public with practically all of the costs. Neither side is innocent here. In fact, I can’t see why anyone is particularly sympathetic to either side.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2006/05/19/more-on-underdogs-and-net-neutering/comment-page-1/#comment-46785 Barry Sat, 20 May 2006 19:55:59 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/05/19/more-on-underdogs-and-net-neutering/#comment-46785 <p>When you apply the same "underdog argument" to the issue of DRM, for example, you see technology and software companies falling over each other to satisfy the content industry, despite the content industry being orders of magnitude smaller than the technology and software industries. Why is it that you suppose companies like Microsoft or Intel or Samsung or whoever are willing to accede to the RIAA/MPAA's demands, despite being much larger companies in a much, much larger industry?</p> When you apply the same “underdog argument” to the issue of DRM, for example, you see technology and software companies falling over each other to satisfy the content industry, despite the content industry being orders of magnitude smaller than the technology and software industries. Why is it that you suppose companies like Microsoft or Intel or Samsung or whoever are willing to accede to the RIAA/MPAA’s demands, despite being much larger companies in a much, much larger industry?

]]> http://techliberation.com/2006/05/19/more-on-underdogs-and-net-neutering/comment-page-1/#comment-33529 Barry Sat, 20 May 2006 18:55:59 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/05/19/more-on-underdogs-and-net-neutering/#comment-33529 <p>When you apply the same "underdog argument" to the issue of DRM, for example, you see technology and software companies falling over each other to satisfy the content industry, despite the content industry being orders of magnitude smaller than the technology and software industries. Why is it that you suppose companies like Microsoft or Intel or Samsung or whoever are willing to accede to the RIAA/MPAA's demands, despite being much larger companies in a much, much larger industry?</p> When you apply the same “underdog argument” to the issue of DRM, for example, you see technology and software companies falling over each other to satisfy the content industry, despite the content industry being orders of magnitude smaller than the technology and software industries. Why is it that you suppose companies like Microsoft or Intel or Samsung or whoever are willing to accede to the RIAA/MPAA’s demands, despite being much larger companies in a much, much larger industry?

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