House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition & the Internet
Larry Downes, a TechFreedom Senior Adjunct Fellow and author of Unleashing the Killer App and other bestselling books about the Internet, will testify today on "Ensuring Competition on the Internet: Net Neutrality and Antitrust," a hearing of the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet, U.S. House of Representative's Committee on the Judiciary.
His written and oral testimony dissect the net neutrality rulemaking approved by the Federal Communications Commission in December, 2010. "I share the enthusiasm of all five Commissioners—and not just the three who voted to approve the new regulations—for the Open Internet," Downes writes. "I just don't believe there is any need for regulatory intervention to 'save' this robust ecosystem, or that Congress ever granted the FCC authority to do so." Downes's report details five serious defects in the FCC's Report and Order, including:
