In a statement released yesterday, Sir Tim called the existing legislation "weak and confusing" and warned it "will threaten innovation, free speech and privacy".
But the longer-range damage is literally incalculable, because the legislation is aimed at preventing innovation – and speech – that the cartel can't control.
The boss of BitTorrent - a system for sharing large files using peer-to-peer technology - warned that the court's decision would be a major threat to innovation, free speech and "the internet as we know it".
But as the FCC's long history of meddling in media and communications markets makes clear, micro-management of dynamic markets is a recipe for economic stagnation, strangled innovation and speech controls.
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But under Pai and Trump, these protections are again under attack, threatening competition, innovation, free speech and equality of access on the internet.
The result is a most readable book — not quite a biography or a detailed policy study, but a reflection on the way that Roosevelt reinvented the presidency during his first hundred days in office, through bold policy innovations, brilliant speeches and broadcasts and a personal connection with the American people that has not been equaled since.
That decision, probably later this year, will have an enormous impact on our digital futures, because an internet controlled by huge and unaccountable corporations is anathema to digital innovation and free speech itself.
Edward Lazarus, Mr. Genachowski's chief of staff, who convened the meetings, said in a statement that the effort "has been productive on several fronts, but has not generated a robust framework to preserve the openness and freedom of the Internet, one that drives innovation, investment, free speech and consumer choice".
Those of us who believe that the principle of net neutrality is crucial to a truly open internet – the kind of web required to ensure innovation and free speech – need to recognize that in many places, including the United States, we've already lost the near-term battle when it comes to mobile.
