I think you’re missing the main point. It is not manageable to do that. You really wouldn’t be able to enforce it.
If I have a computer online I can serve content. How can they stop me? If everyone just refused to pay a license they wouldn’t be able to do much about it. How will they physically shut me down? If they really think that they can stop speech they disagree with they’re grossly mistaken.
I can’t see that this won’t be challenged anyway. The Internet is just a bunch of private companies (mainly) joining their networks together. The government doesn’t own it. This intruding on private companies and telling them what they can and can’t do with their own packet routing. It’s ridiculous.
Do you know how an ISP works? Upon notification from the FCC, your ISP will block your IP address and your account will be terminated. Your name will be on a list that will prevent you getting an account on another ISP.
Google the Great Firewall of China. Watch your Netflix while you can.
It usually turns out bad when someone has themself convinced they can do ___ but they have absolutely NO idea whatsoever what they’re trying to do and haven’t the first clue how to go about it. It’s usually fun to watch their inevitable self-destruction...from a distance.
Exactly. Precisely what it’s all about. Good post.