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‘The Big Lebowski’ is a great movie, claims Ajit Pai, who wants to make it harder to stream

sudshr47 March 6, 2018

As he zeroes in on the day on which he can finally smother net neutrality with a pillow, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai took to Twitter on Tuesday to celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Big Lebowski, a movie that’s going to be harder, and more expensive to stream when net neutrality goes away.

Tuesday’s homage from Pai also included a link on the film to your aunt’s favorite weekly newsletter, Parade Magazine.

It’s not just, like, my opinion, man: 20 years ago today, #TheBigLebowski—the greatest film in the history of cinema—was released. Decades on, the Dude still abides and the movie really ties us all togetherhttps://t.co/bYus1wlt7q

— Ajit Pai (@AjitPaiFCC) March 6, 2018 Read more…

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My name is on a fake Net Neutrality comment, and yours might be, too

sudshr47 December 14, 2017

There’s a lot of fake news out there, but at least you’re not the one writing it, right?
Not so fast. The Federal Communications Commission has received millions of comments concerning the potential repeal of Net Neutrality leading up to today’…

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The proposal to do away with net neutrality is worse than you think

sudshr47 November 22, 2017

Few who follow the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the history of its efforts to enshrine network neutrality rules into law were surprised yesterday when Chairman Ajit Pai announced that he would make public a proposal to deregulate broadband Internet access by “reclassifying” it as an information service under the Communications Act of 1934.

But many expected the Chairman to at least propose retaining some of the rules that protect consumers and competition online, like a prohibition against broadband providers blocking or throttling online content and services. After all, since 2002 FCC chairs of both parties believed that at a minimum, FCC policy should ensure that consumers are able to access the content, applications, and services of their choosing without interference by gatekeeping broadband providers. Read more…

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