FCC All Tangled Up, Goodbye Net Neutrality and Internet Freedom?

A lot of things threaten the internet -- NSA, censorship, chilling effects on free speech, copyright, patent and trademark abuses, governments (US and foreign), ITU, UN, ICANN, new gTLDs, cybercrime, malware .... the list goes on and on, but nothing is so fundamental to a free and open internet as all internet carriers being mandated to carry ALL internet traffic under net neutrality rules. The Court ruling referenced below needs to be addressed immediately by the Courts, the FCC, Congress and the President. Failing that, we may see the end to internet freedom in the US -- talk about an "economic headwind" -- more like an "economic hurricane!"

US appeals court strikes down FCC net neutrality rules
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court has struck down the government's latest effort to require internet providers to treat all web traffic equally, meaning mobile carriers and other broadband providers may reach agreements for faster access to ...

Net Neutrality Ruling: What the Key Passages Mean - A few key passages in the ruling against the FCC on net neutrality explain how the court believes the FCC does have power to issue regulations governing Internet traffic, but why ultimately it determined the commission's Net neutrality rules were a bridge too far. http://on.wsj.com/1cjUSJG

Good news for UK, France and Germany!--
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Financial Times
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Telegraph.co.uk

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Engadget
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Google to Buy Nest Labs for $3.2 Billion
New York Times
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Firstpost

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Forbes
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Modern Readers

Apple loses court bid to block e-book antitrust monitor
Reuters
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MarketWatch
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NDTV

Apple's patented GUI compensates for iPhone motion, minimizes ...
Apple Insider
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Apple Insider

How Microsoft should roll out the new CEO
Computerworld
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Is Microsoft Campaigning for Hillary Clinton?
TIME
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Apple loses court bid to block e-book antitrust monitor
Chicago Tribune
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ZDNet
Google's tentacles are spreading into your home even more. ... Fadell led the team at Apple that created the first 18 generations of the iPod and the ...

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