One of the FCC's five commissioners, Jonathan Adelstein, said during a recent symposium on FCC Internet Video Policy that the FCC's rules shouldn't permit "illegal acts." Sure, illegal downloading is a serious problem, especially if you're a copyright-holding movie studio. But does that mean the FCC is actually against net neutrality, in general?
I think it is a good question to be asked?...Is the FCC is against the concept of Net Neutrality as a whole. The term illegal seems to be too parallel with other illegal crimes such as theft, murder and rape. Whereas, illegal downloading is something that could benefit some artists when it came to music, or help others with their education. I went to a awards show and Keith Urban actually told everyone o download his music illegally, he doesn't care as long as we hear it. I am sure his record label didn't like that too much, but point is that illegal downloading may not be as big of a crime as we make it sound!
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