Nice. The FCC's net neutrality regulations have been overturned by Congress today, to the overwhelming joy of anybody who thought that they were incapable of any sort of positive act. The FCC's net neutrality regs were the first attempt by the US Gov't to regulate the internet, and as such was a massive compromise that everybody on both sides hated. The only folks that were happy about it were the fine ones at AT&T, presumably. Anyways, it sucked, and now it's gone. Amazingly, it's demise had nothing to do with the constitutional protection of free speech or as a check against corporate control over government regulation. It was simply that the FCC had overstepped it's legal authority, to whit : "Congress has not authorized the Federal Communications Commission to regulate the Internet," said Rep. Greg Walden, smugly. So for now, at least, bittorrent to your hearts content, and fuck your neighbor if he's trying to stream 'The King's Speech' on Netflix.
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