"Today the European Parliament decides about the future of net neutrality on continent. In the past week we have seen a huge mobilisation with famous voices asking for amendments including Tim Berners-Lee, Lawrence Lessig, Barbara van Schewick and many companies. The Members of European Parliament now have to decide if they stand for an open internet or if regulators and judges will decide how open the infrastructure will be.
9:17 Reda, Julia (Greens, Germany) reads the definition of net neutrality from amendment 3 and the first reading position. The founder of the world wide web is urging us not to abolish net neutrality in Europe. He is joined by many european startUps, the world wide leading expert Barbara van Schewick and Presidential candidate Lawrence Lessig. This regulation gives incentive to companies not to invest in the network. This is the opposite of net neutrality and therefore I urge you not to adopt this regulation."
- Date Published:10/27/2015
- Original Publication:Netzpolitik.org