ktmexc20
Registered: Nov 2003
Posts: 1656 |
10-19-06 10:38 AM
Please watch the video at the following link to inform yourself about what is about to happen to the internet.
The Net@Risk Video
Then at the link just below, Please consider signing the petition and also contacting your Congress-persons. Tell them that the mega-corporations have enough power as it is.
http://www.savetheinternet.com/=act
In general, small business and innovative entrepreneurial spirit is being further and further stifled by the mega-corporations. I think that any rational thinking person can agree with this.
Recently, this is most visible with media and telecom...
Mostly all radio, even small "local" stations, are owned by a small handful of mega-corps (i.e., Clear Channel)
tv and telecom are as well... think about it.
Now the cable and telecom industries are spending many millions of dollars (millions daily, literally) to lobby Congress to enact a "toll booth" on the internet. This will change the internet as we have known it (democratic and fully accessible). Future great innovative companies similar to Google or YouTube could very well be in jeopardy of never materializing because the telecom industry wants to take the democracy out of the internet.
Don't believe it?... If there's no harm in what they're lobbying for, then why don't they want to ensure that by including it in the bill.
Last year the bastards in Congress, passed a bill to do just that... give the mega-corps what they want. Any amendments to protect small business' were rejected. But, it's still being debated on the Senate floor.
Two critical issues are now being considered. Further conglomeration of the media companies.. and allowing the telecom and cable companies to be able to dictate the "super highway" known as the internet.
Please inform yourself of these issues. And do something about it.
-kt
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