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March 4, 2015
Netflix to Wheeler: "We Were Only Kidding!"
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Randolph J. May
Please see the Variety story, "Netflix Now Says It Didn't Actually Want FCC to Regulate Broadband So Heavily," with this report: "On Wednesday, Netflix chief financial officer David Wells, speaking at the 2015 Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference, said the company wasn't happy with the FCC move. He said that, while the streaming-video company wanted to see "strong" net neutrality measures to ensure content providers would be protected against ISPs charging arbitrary interconnection fees, Netflix would have preferred a lighter regulatory touch."Were we pleased it pushed to Title II? Probably not," Wells said at the conference. "We were hoping there would be a non-regulated solution."Are you kidding me? Or was Netflix kidding FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler? Everyone knows that Netflix was a leading -- if not the leading -- proponent of Title II regulation. This must be a storyline for a very bad Netflix movie -- I don't know whether it's a comedy or a tragedy. Thank the good Lord that the Commission always reserves "editorial privileges" to revise, even substantially, its orders before public release. Maybe there's time to rewrite the whole nightmare scenario!
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Don't Miss FSF's Seventh Annual Telecom Policy Conference!
"The Future of the Internet:
Free Market Innovation or Government Control?"
#FSFInternetFuture
Thursday, March 19, 2015
8:15 AM - 2:45 PM
The National Press Club
Washington, DC
Keynote Speakers
Opening Keynote Address
Chairman, House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
Rep. Greg Walden
Lunch Session "Armchair" Conversation with FSF President Randolph May
House Majority Whip
Member, House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
Rep. Steve Scalise
Closing Keynote Address
Chairman, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Member, Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet
Sen. Ron Johnson
Other Featured Speakers
FCC Commissioners
Mignon Clyburn
Ajit Pai
Michael O'Rielly
FTC Commissioner
Maureen Ohlhausen
Other Speakers
James Assey
NCTA
Rick Boucher
Internet Innovation Alliance
Jeffrey Campbell
Cisco
Jot Carpenter
CTIA
Seth Cooper
Free State Foundation
Peter Davidson
Verizon
Gene Kimmelman
Public Knowledge
Debroah Taylor Tate
Free State Foundation
Complimentary continental breakfast and lunch are included, but you must register to attend!
#FSFInternetFuture
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