The Internet's New Enforcer: The FCC chairman appoints himself top cop on the World Wide Web. - Reason Magazine

Unfuckingbelievable. From a democratic republic with freedomes to a fascistic country where gubment and business are thrown into a symbiotic relationship against the people. Swell.

The Internet's New Enforcer: The FCC chairman appoints himself top cop on the World Wide Web. - Reason Magazine:

"A better analogy, however, would be to a judge and jury. Genachowski doesn't merely envision a Web bound by FCC rules, but one subject to the momentary whims of FCC commissioners. 'I will propose that the FCC evaluate alleged violations of the non-discrimination principle as they arise, on a case-by-case basis.' In theory, this gives the FCC more flexibility, allowing the agency to be smarter and more generous when weeding out violators. But in practice, it's likely to expand the bureaucracy's reach as it refuses to define the boundaries of its authority.

Clearly defined regulations are probably unnecessary, but at least they would provide innovators a sense of stability. But Genachowski's case-specific approach to judging violations—essentially we'll know it when we see it—doesn't even give them that. Now, whenever a telecom company wants to implement a new service or product that works by manipulating traffic flow on the Web, it will have to worry about whether or not its innovation might set off Genochowski's sense of... well, whatever it is that he and the rest of the regulators at the FCC don't like.

Nor was that the speech's only bureaucratic power grab: Genachowski also announced, as previously suspected, that the FCC would move into regulating the wireless data..."