http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2006/10/20/should-att-decide-the-future-of-the-internet/ Tracking the battle over Network Neutrality Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:51:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2006/10/20/should-att-decide-the-future-of-the-internet/#comment-10387 Market Forces and the Internet Sat, 21 Oct 2006 00:17:54 +0000 http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2006/10/20/should-att-decide-the-future-of-the-internet/#comment-10387 [...] Larry Lessig, a Stanford Law Professor, made an incredibly cogent point re Market Forces and the Internet. The Telecomms and their shills at Hands Off the Internet keep pointing out that "market forces" should rule the way the internet works, and not regulation. Larry says that that's exactly what happened with YouTube. Market forces grew it into the most popular video site on the web, because it was the best video site as determined by the audience, despite deep pockets competition from Google Video. And this would not have been allowed to happen on a non neutral net. [...] […] Larry Lessig, a Stanford Law Professor, made an incredibly cogent point re Market Forces and the Internet. The Telecomms and their shills at Hands Off the Internet keep pointing out that “market forces” should rule the way the internet works, and not regulation. Larry says that that’s exactly what happened with YouTube. Market forces grew it into the most popular video site on the web, because it was the best video site as determined by the audience, despite deep pockets competition from Google Video. And this would not have been allowed to happen on a non neutral net. […]

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