[IP] Three Drafts of Senate Commerce Committee Communications Bill
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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: June 19, 2006 8:31:04 AM EDT
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Three Drafts of Senate Commerce Committee
Communications Bill
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THREE DRAFTS OF SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE COMMUNICATIONS BILL
[SOURCE: Drew Clark]
A copy of Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Steven's new telecom
legislation is available -- and it keeps growing. What started out as
135 pages on May 1 grew to 151 pages in the June 9 draft that was
released on June 12. This third draft -- dated June 16 and expected
to be officially unveiled in a 10 a.m. briefing on Capitol Hill --
tops off at 151 pages. Most significantly, this new draft makes good
on the pledge Stevens made, 11 days ago, to significantly modify the
Net Neutrality provisions of the legislation. Indeed, an entire new
section is present -- "Internet Consumer Bill of Rights Act" -- goes
so far as to "apply" the First Amendment to Bell companies that would
attempt to "limit, restrict, ban, prohibit or otherwise regulate
content on the Internet because of the religious views, political
views, or any other views expressed in such content unless
specifically authorized by law." All of the Bell and cable companies
have already said that they wouldn't block or impede the ability of
consumers to access such sites. Advocates of strict net neutrality
note that this new consumer bill of rights says nothing about
discrimination or non-discrimination. And that is certain to set up a
conflict over whether Stevens' new approach does more, less or about
the same as the House-passed version's limited approach to net
neutrality.
<http://www.drewclark.com/2006/06/three-drafts-of-stevens-bill.shtml>
Weblog at: <http://weblog.warpspeed.com>
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