The Federal Communications Commission may destroy Net Neutrality, and give four big corporations -- Comcast, AT&T, Time Warner, and Verizon -- unprecedented control over what we see and do on the Internet. But they have also opened the door to a plan that could protect the Internet and its glorious diversity and creativity for decades: reclassifying it as a public utility like water -- equally accessible to all. Before the FCC decides, they are allowing the public to weigh in, but there isnt much time. The FCCs public comment period ends just 3 days from now, on July 15th! Use our easy form to submit your comment and well send it to the FCC. Will you submit a public comment to the FCC telling them to reclassify the Internet as a public utility like water? Artists and performers are among those concerned about the chilling effect on creativity if corporations like Comcast and AT&T get to decide who sees what on the Internet. Thats why Losts Evangeline Lilly, Pearl Jams Eddie Vedder, OK Go, and dozens of other artists have told the FCC to reclassify the Internet as a public utility. ARTISTS LETTER TO THE FCC: The Internet has enabled artists to connect directly with each other and with audiences. It has eliminated the barriers of geography and taken collaborations to new levels. And it has allowed people -- not corporations -- to seek out the film, music and art that moves them.... [The FCC should] restore the principle of online nondiscrimination by reclassifying broadband as a telecommunications service. Will you submit a public comment to the FCC telling them to reclassify the Internet as a public utility? The fundamental issue in this fight is who should decide what succeeds and fails on the Internet -- the collective will of everybody on the Internet? Or the CEOs of Comcast, AT&T, Verizon, and Time-Warner? The PCCC and our allies are planning a big media push on July 15th, in just 3 days, to highlight the overwhelming number of comments submitted to the FCC on this issue. The more comments we can deliver, the more pressure well be able to put on the FCC to reclassify the Internet as a public utility.
Posted on: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 00:26:11 +0000
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