No, it was a forum of consumer rights advocates and academic "experts" who are formulating a plan of internet regulation over the cable and telephone industry to look out for your interests.
Classic snippet:
"Another seminar speaker, Mark Cooper, research director of the Consumer Federation of America, said Armstrong would be ``conducting private negotiations' in Aspen, Colo., over the Christmas holidays with Steve Case, chairman of America OnLine Inc., which has 20 million Internet subscribers in the United States. ``That's not the right way to make public policy,' Cooper claimed." (meaning private negotiations).
So if these people have there way, AOL, ATHM, and AT&T will not be allowed to come to a private agreement concerning access.
I'm beginning to think it's not such a bad idea. Why shouldn't I be able to get AOL's content for free - don't I have rights? |
