Net-Neutrality Proponents Warn Of Loopholes

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December 13, 2015
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The Wall Street Journal
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Professor Barbara van Schewick weighs in on why uncapped video streaming is concerning for net neutrality in this Wall Street Journal article. 

T-Mobile customers who want to watch the hot new Netflix show “Master of None” or the old HBO favorite “Game of Thrones” can do so without counting it against their data caps, if they use the wireless carrier’s popular new Binge On service.

Good news for consumers, maybe, but it is worrying some consumer advocates, who say the service could be the beginning of attempts to circumvent the government’s net-neutrality rules before they have even taken root.

“If this isn’t addressed…it will send the signal that this kind of behavior is OK, and I think that will encourage other [Internet-access providers] to start zero rating their own television offerings,” said Barbara van Schewick, a Stanford Law School professor.

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