University of San Francisco School of Law is holding a Net Neutrality Symposium on January 26th (and it's only $15 for law students). This is an absurdly low price for what looks like a quality learnin' experience. If you've never heard of Net Neutrality then you may not immediately care about the symposium, but the concept is integral to the Internet itself; do we keep all websites on an equal footing, or do we allow someone to preference some websites and discriminate against others? Policy wonks should have a field day.
The same idea applies for services that use the internet as a delivery method. Let's say you use a VOIP phone service like Skype or Vonage, should we allow your ISP to block one of them? Maybe your ISP can force you to use their own VOIP service? Want to download video from Netflix? What about viewing content someone upstream deems unsavory? The possible fallout from access restrictions could change the way we think about (and use) the Internet. If you are interested in internet/censorship/media/telecommunications/law then spend Saturday learning about Net Neutrality.
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