In Canada, on the other hand, the latest count on Kevin McArthur's online net neutrality petition clocks in at, well, a paltry 217 signatures.
It's not that the fight over net neutrality doesn't matter in Canada. At issue here, as in the United States, is whether telecom companies can favour some Internet sites over others by charging different rates to different customers and making some sites much easier to access than others. Critics say the practice threatens the Internet's level playing field and would stifle smaller independent voices on the web.
Stumble It!
I have posted a couplea articles on this topic that recieved no interest BUT, watch the action and opinion flay (oops shoulda bee fly, flay maliprops it to though) thick and heavy when there is a dust up going on here.
Kinda shows where the priorities are, eh?
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[juris ignorantia est cum jus nostrum ignoramus]
it is ignorance of the law when we do not know our own rights"
lex ferenda
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"We are all in this together somehow, some more than others somehow"
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<a href="http://www.constitution.org/">http://www.constitution.org/</a><br />
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start here pls<br />
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<p>---<br> [juris ignorantia est cum jus nostrum ignoramus]<br />
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it is ignorance of the law when we do not know our own rights" <br />
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lex ferenda
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<a href="http://www.constitution.org/">http://www.constitution.org/</a><br />
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start here pls<br />
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<p>---<br> [juris ignorantia est cum jus nostrum ignoramus]<br />
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it is ignorance of the law when we do not know our own rights" <br />
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lex ferenda
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<a href="http://www.infowars.net/articles/january2007/180107Bloggers_Prison.htm">http://www.infowars.net/articles/january2007/180107Bloggers_Prison.htm</a><br />
Bloggers Who Criticize Government May Face Prison<br />
Bill would allow rounding up and imprisoning of non-registered political writers <br />
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Steve Watson<br />
Infowars.net<br />
Thursday, January 18, 2007<br />
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You'd be forgiven for thinking that it was some new restriction on free speech in Communist China. But it isn't. The U.S. Government wants to force bloggers and online grassroots activists to register and regularly report their activities to Congress in the latest astounding attack on the internet and the First Amendment. <br />
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Richard A. Viguerie, Chairman of GrassrootsFreedom.com, a website dedicated to fighting efforts to silence grassroots movements, states:<br />
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"Section 220 of S. 1, the lobbying reform bill currently before the Senate, would require grassroots causes, even bloggers, who communicate to 500 or more members of the public on policy matters, to register and report quarterly to Congress the same as the big K Street lobbyists. Section 220 would amend existing lobbying reporting law by creating the most expansive intrusion on First Amendment rights ever. For the first time in history, critics of Congress will need to register and report with Congress itself."<br />
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In other words Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats may redefine the meaning of lobbying in order that political communications to and even between citizens falls under the same legislation. <br />
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Under current law any 'lobbyist" who 'knowingly and willingly fails to file or report." quarterly to the government faces criminal charges including a possible jail term of up to one year.<br />
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The amendment is currently on hold.<br />
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This latest attack on bloggers comes hot on the heels of Republican Senator John McCain's proposal to introduce legislation that would fine blogs up to $300,000 for offensive statements, photos and videos posted by visitors on comment boards.<br />
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McCain's proposal is presented under the banner of saving children from sexual predators and encourages informants to shop website owners to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, who then pass the information on to the relevant police authorities.<p>---<br> [juris ignorantia est cum jus nostrum ignoramus]<br />
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it is ignorance of the law when we do not know our own rights" <br />
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lex ferenda