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Duffy and Cruz Introduce the Protecting Internet Freedom Act

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Re: Duffy and Cruz Introduce the Protecting Internet Freedom Act

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Post by protomyth »

Saving you the need to scroll to find the text: https://duffy.house.gov/sites/duffy.house.gov/files/wysiwyg_...

"To prohibit the National Telecommunications and Information Administration from allowing the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority functions contract to lapse unless specifically authorized to do so by an Act of Congress."

A little over 6 pages, so not a tough one to read. Might be close to the same number of words as the press release.

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Post by mmastrac »

While this seems rational, is this a play for them to gain some 'net credibility to start pushing harder to kill Net Neutrality? Aren't the players coming out in favour of this bill the same ones who have been arguing against NN? [1]

I'd be wary of letting any of these folks have a say on the future of the internet.

[1] ie:

Heritage Action: http://heritageaction.com/agenda/strong-economy/internet-fre...

TechFreedom: http://techfreedom.org/post/134532740524/net-neutrality-cour...

National Religious Broadcasters: http://www.acton.org/pub/commentary/2015/03/04/no-faith-base...

Re: Duffy and Cruz Introduce the Protecting Internet Freedom Act

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Post by iraphael »

punkcoder wrote: post #4

"The Protecting Internet Freedom Act would also ensure that the United States maintains sole ownership of the .gov and .mil top-level domains, which are vital to national security." I almost did a spit take...

Yeah I don't understand the reasoning behind this at all.

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Post by fluxsauce »

> The Protecting Internet Freedom Act would also ensure that the United States maintains sole ownership of the .gov and .mil top-level domains, which are vital to national security.

Why? Because of hard-coded logic around those TLDs? Or is to establish that the US Military is always the top domain so canada.mil doesn't become a thing?

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