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  • Reject the Latest Push for "Net Neutrality"

    10/05/2007 3:11:31 PM PDT · by HandsOffTheNet · 66 replies · 932+ views
    The Conservative Voice ^ | October 4, 2007 | Alex Epstein
    Excerpt from Alex Epstein's excellent article "Reject the Latest Push for 'Net Neutrality'" The Internet is not a collectivist commune; it is a free, voluntary, and private association of individuals and corporations harmoniously pursuing their individual goals. (While it began as a government-funded project, the Internet's ultra-advanced state today is the achievement of private network builders, hardware companies, content providers, and customers.) Because the Internet is based on voluntary association, no one can properly compel others for their ad space, bandwidth, publicity--or network priority. Those who create these values have the right to use and profit from them as they...