Comments on: The Master Switch: Tim "Net Neutrality" Wu explains what's at stake in the battle for net freedom http://boingboing.net/2010/11/01/the-master-switch-ti.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 19:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Avram / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/11/01/the-master-switch-ti.html#comment-925954 Avram / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-925954 <i>the censorship of the Hays Code for film-makers, the liberation of the Hayes Code for operating modems</i> Nicely done. the censorship of the Hays Code for film-makers, the liberation of the Hayes Code for operating modems

Nicely done.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/01/the-master-switch-ti.html#comment-987965 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-987965 just read it a couple of weeks ago. Fascinating. I never knew that some farmers in 1900 made their own phone networks running on barbed wire fences.. Of course they all got squeezed out by AT&T. Also didn't realize that AT&T managed to get back together again after the breakup - and their complicity in spying on citizens for the US government. Also makes one think twice before getting an Iphone. just read it a couple of weeks ago. Fascinating. I never knew that some farmers in 1900 made their own phone networks running on barbed wire fences.. Of course they all got squeezed out by AT&T.

Also didn’t realize that AT&T managed to get back together again after the breakup – and their complicity in spying on citizens for the US government.
Also makes one think twice before getting an Iphone.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/01/the-master-switch-ti.html#comment-925779 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-925779 With all respect, could someone please explain how an "emergent consensus" will help us when the oligarchs who own most of the media and infrastructure, including the 'net, aren't part of it? With all respect, could someone please explain how an “emergent consensus” will help us when the oligarchs who own most of the media and infrastructure, including the ‘net, aren’t part of it?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/01/the-master-switch-ti.html#comment-925622 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-925622 Engadget's interview of Wu is a must-watch for anyone who cares about network neutrality. http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/24/engadget-explains-net-neutrality-and-our-full-interview-with/ Engadget’s interview of Wu is a must-watch for anyone who cares about network neutrality.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/24/engadget-explains-net-neutrality-and-our-full-interview-with/

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2010/11/01/the-master-switch-ti.html#comment-926443 pjcamp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-926443 "an emergent consensus about the value of information freedom as a vital substrate for free speech and free societies. " I have a hard time seeing the role money plays in something like this. And there is one hell of a lot of money at stake here, money that depends on a lack of consensus continuing to exist. It's really no accident that the idea of net neutrality was shot down by the Roberts court. “an emergent consensus about the value of information freedom as a vital substrate for free speech and free societies. ”

I have a hard time seeing the role money plays in something like this. And there is one hell of a lot of money at stake here, money that depends on a lack of consensus continuing to exist. It’s really no accident that the idea of net neutrality was shot down by the Roberts court.

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