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Thanks for watching that YouTube video! That will be 50 cents, please.

Sound unrealistic? It's actually a distinct possibility, after a Federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down an FCC ruling meant to prevent an Internet service provider -- the company you pay for online access -- from prioritizing some website traffic over others.

And because that rule was wiped off the books, those ISPs are suddenly able to do just that. With service providers suddenly able to charge based on the type of content you watch or the sites you visit, it's easy to imagine a system like that of today's cable television market. Want HBO? It's an extra $5. Want our streaming video package, with YouTube, Hulu, TV.com, and more? That's $5 too.


Don't pay and you can't watch. Period.

The so called “net neutrality” rule, put in place by the FCC in 2010, was intended to ensure equal access to all types of content. Regulators and politicians feared a tiered access to premium content or that ISPs might unfairly fast-track access to their own content over competitors.


“A broadband provider like Comcast might limit its end-user subscribers’ ability to access The New York Times website if it wanted to spike traffic to its own news website,” the ruling notes.

'Without these rules, consumers are at the mercy of their providers ... and business arrangements that could severely limit access to certain content.' - Sarah Morris, senior policy counsel for the Open Technology Institute

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I guess this presupposes that the DCU can charge ISPs for accessing the website?

No it reads like your ISP can charge you for where you surf. Content based service. At least that's what I think it say's.
 
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No it reads like your ISP can charge you for where you surf. Content based service. At least that's what I think it say's.
Yeah, but who's getting that money? The ISP? It seems to me that if anyone is to make money based on the traffic, information obtained at said site, it should be the website, not the ISP.
 

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Yeah, but who's getting that money? The ISP? It seems to me that if anyone is to make money based on the traffic, information obtained at said site, it should be the website, not the ISP.

I'm too lazy to read it again, but yeah, I think the ISP is going to charge in in tiers like cable companies do. Sort of like if you're big on streaming movies you get a package geared to that at a fee, sports sites, etc, all based on content. I'm not sure how that would work except to take control and block you from accessing certain sites based on your package.

Thanks Obama

I know right? What next? Sucking Iran's nuclear penis? Arming al Qaeda in Syria? Sending John Kerry to Israel to perform a show with 2 potatoes?
 

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I thought Jesus was coming back today. Maybe tomorrow.

Like a thief in the night Jon, the night. Tomorrow will be too early or too late, depending on how you look at it.

Sheesh, you fucking guys...
 

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Never really watched a porn before.

I jerk off in the shower. I have considered putting my phone in a ziplock bag to guard against water, but it seems like too much effort.

I've tried to cut way back, but shower=dick beating, and I like my two showers a day. Suave is my dirty little slut.
 
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I used to masturbate. People would see me and be like "Hey, do you know you're masturbating?" I stopped doing it when everyone else started. Haven't masturbated since.

~slips on a comfortable pair of jorts~
 
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I used to masturbate. People would see me and be like "Hey, do you know you're masturbating?" I stopped doing it when everyone else started.
Sort of like the guy who began the trend of wearing a ballcap backwards. He doesn't do it anymore because everyone does it now, even his hero.
 
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Yes Irving. That is what I was making a parody of. Here's your gold star.

~insert picture of a gold star here because I'm too lazy to google it~
 
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If you gave me a gold star I'd throw it away as soon as I was out of your sight.

Real Cowboys fans want blue stars.
 
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