One Small Step for the FCC…

…One giant leap for Net Neutrality! As a community of content creators who use our internet connection and P2P networks as a means of cheap distribution, I come bearing great news. One of America’s biggest network providers, Comcast, has just been drop kicked by the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) over their controversial upload throttling. It’s not new, Comcast has been doing this for months, but we’re finally seeing something done about it.

According to the Republican FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, “the Commission has adopted a set of principles that protects consumers’ access to the internet. We found that Comcast’s actions in this instance violated our principles.”

So, with that in mind, chalk this one up as a win for those of us to actually use P2P for legal purposes. If you like the music, buy it - but you can’t try to legislate your beliefs on someone else… and stop stifling creative development. The creation of the internet was driven by innovation, and I think the FCC sees that. Let’s just keep it that way.

Source: ArsTechnica.com