Recently US law court has decided to allow Internet Service Provider to monetize broadband traffic. This decison has a huge impact on the equality between content providers and so the equality of data and information shared on line. What will be impact of Internet Service Provider empowerment on the net neutrality?
2. Net Neutrality
NET NEUTRALITY
Internet Service Providers and
governments should treat all
data on the Internet equally,
not discriminating or
charging differentially
3. Net Neutrality
PRECEDENT LAW CASES
ComCast sued for
blocking some
legal peer to peer
transactions
ComCast takes
FCC to Court
2007
2007
2010
2010
FCC ordered
ComCast to stop
The Court ruled
that FCC don’t
have the
jurisdiction to act
Source: Ammor, M. (2014) - Slate - The net neutrality battle has been lost, but now we can finally win the war.
4. VERIZON VS FCC CASE
Date
14th of January
2014
Court
United States
Court of Appeal
Parties
Issue
Verizon, ISP
VS
FCC, Federal
Communication
Commission
Verizon wants to
charge content
providers for faster
connection and is
sued for blocking
FCC rules
6. FCC ISSUE
There is a legal loophole
on content provided on
Internet and a need to
control it
7. INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS ISSUE
Large content providers are
saturating telecommunication
networks, therefore they
should help financing the
infrastructures to provide faster
acces to their content
8. CONTENT PROVIDERS ISSUE
By controling content, telecom
companies will abolish net
neutrality and adopt a
differentiated pricing plan
between large and small
publishers.
10. VERIZON VS FCC CASE DECISION
Internet Service Providers won
ISPs are now allowed to charge extra fees to content
provider for faster connection
11. ECONOMICAL IMPACT
Competition will be unfair as wealthiest companies have
stronger financial assets.
New companies that want to be visible will not be able to
compete with large companies anymore.
15. REFERENCES
Adi, R. (2013). Verizon and the FCC square off for the future of net neutrality Are tubes speech?. Available:
http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/9/4711788/fcc-verizon-trade-blows-in-net-neutrality-lawsuit.
Last accessed 28th Jan 2014.
Adi Robertson. (2014). Federal court strikes down FCC net neutrality rules.
Available: http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/14/5307650/federal-court-strikes-down-net-neutrality-rules.
Last accessed 28th Jan 2014.
Ammori, M. (2014). The net neutrality battle has been lost, but now we can finally win the war. Available:
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2014/01/net_neutrality_d_c_circuit_court_ruling_the_battle_s_been_lost_but_we
_can.single.html.
Last accessed 01/25/2014.
16. REFERENCES
Andrews, R ; Higginbotham, S. (2013). YouTube sucks on French ISP Free, and French regulators want to know why.
Available: http://gigaom.com/2013/01/02/youtube-sucks-on-french-isp-free-french-regulators-want-to-know-why/.
Last accessed 28th Jan 2014.
Masnick, M. (2013). Fight Over French ISP Blocking Ads Really Just A New Perspective On Net Neutrality Debate.
Available: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130109/08190121617/fight-over-french-isp-blocking-ads-really-just-new-perspective-netneutrality-debate.shtml.
Last accessed 28th Jan 2014.
Pierce, S. (2014). Remember That Epic Court Ruling That Killed Net Neutrality? Well, Almost Everyone Got it Wrong.
Available: http://www.policymic.com/articles/79633/remember-that-epic-court-ruling-that-killed-net-neutrality-well-almost-everyone-got-itwrong.
Last accessed 28th Jan 2014.
17. REFERENCES
Reed, B. (2013). How ISPs are making video streaming slower than it should be.
Available: http://bgr.com/2013/07/29/isp-video-streaming-disputes/.
Last accessed 28th Jan 2014.
Russolilo, S. (2014). Net Neutrality Ruling: Will You Pay More?.
Available: http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2014/01/14/net-neutrality-ruling-will-you-pay-more/.
Last accessed 28th Jan 2014.
Steadman, I. (2013). French ISP Free backs down in row over automatic ad blocking.
Available: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-01/08/french-block-web-ads-lifted.
Last accessed 28th Jan 2014.