kinther@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoCable lobby vows “years of litigation” to avoid bans on blocking and throttlingarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square96linkfedilinkarrow-up1633arrow-down14cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1629arrow-down1external-linkCable lobby vows “years of litigation” to avoid bans on blocking and throttlingarstechnica.comkinther@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square96linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
minus-squareFiniteBanjolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down2·1 year agoGood, let them use their money on litigation instead of lobbying.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoYup, I’m all for it. Put it in a ballot and we’ll vote to enshrine it into law. One of my general rules of thumb is: if cable companies are for it, it must suck.
minus-squareJojo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI mean maybe they decided it was going to be easier to buy a judge than another FCC chair?
minus-squareFiniteBanjolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoAre there any past examples of companies getting out of fines that way? Even Facebook had to pay 20Bn, you would think they could have gotten a judge for only 15 if it were so easy.
minus-squareJojo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThere are plenty of examples of companies challenging the legality of regulations and winning, and other cases of apparent corruption among judges.
minus-squareFiniteBanjolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoYes I was asking you to present one case in which an FCC ban or fine was avoided with the courts.
Good, let them use their money on litigation instead of lobbying.
Yup, I’m all for it. Put it in a ballot and we’ll vote to enshrine it into law.
One of my general rules of thumb is: if cable companies are for it, it must suck.
I mean maybe they decided it was going to be easier to buy a judge than another FCC chair?
Are there any past examples of companies getting out of fines that way? Even Facebook had to pay 20Bn, you would think they could have gotten a judge for only 15 if it were so easy.
There are plenty of examples of companies challenging the legality of regulations and winning, and other cases of apparent corruption among judges.
Yes I was asking you to present one case in which an FCC ban or fine was avoided with the courts.