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Monday, 8 June 2009

Forget lobbyists, this is how Net Neutrality gets enacted in law....

Posted on 07:48 by Unknown
I've long held that the Internet will always find ways around any blocking/filtering mechanisms for certain types of application, especially in competitive markets.

What I didn't expect was that democracy can do the same as well.

This week's European Elections have thrown up an interesting anomaly - in Sweden, the Pirate Party, which advocates filesharing and new copyright regimes, has just won representation in the European Parliament.

How long before we get candidates standing for the VoIP Party.....
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