Comments on: IFTA Meets with Lawmakers and FCC Chairman in Washington, D.C. http://www.lloydkaufman.com/news/2009/12/24/ifta-meets-with-lawmakers-and-fcc-chairman-in-washington-dc/ President & Co-Founder, Troma Entertainment | American film Director, Producer, and Documentarian Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:09:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: bile http://www.lloydkaufman.com/news/2009/12/24/ifta-meets-with-lawmakers-and-fcc-chairman-in-washington-dc/#comment-41631 bile Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:16:29 +0000 http://www.lloydkaufman.com/news/2009/12/24/ifta-meets-with-lawmakers-and-fcc-chairman-in-washington-dc/#comment-41631 If the FCC and Congress got out of the business of cartelizing the media and distribution industries net neutrality like legislation would be completely unnecessary. Ultimately those who own the main pipes of the internet should be allowed to do with their property as they see fit. The problem is they are given monopoly privileges regarding those pipes. Local municipalities give one or two companies access to sell their services, the FCC effectively regulates out of existence startups looking to compete, and many more actions taken by bureucrats who claim to be looking out for the rest of us but are really working to strengthen the position of existing large companies by eliminating competition. This harms the customers by increasing scarcity and therefore pushing up prices. Leaving them in the submissive rather dominant position they would naturally be in in a competitive market. This problem won't be fixed by more regulation limiting choice, thereby competition and customers' power. The causes need to be undone not compounded. If the FCC and Congress got out of the business of cartelizing the media and distribution industries net neutrality like legislation would be completely unnecessary. Ultimately those who own the main pipes of the internet should be allowed to do with their property as they see fit. The problem is they are given monopoly privileges regarding those pipes. Local municipalities give one or two companies access to sell their services, the FCC effectively regulates out of existence startups looking to compete, and many more actions taken by bureucrats who claim to be looking out for the rest of us but are really working to strengthen the position of existing large companies by eliminating competition. This harms the customers by increasing scarcity and therefore pushing up prices. Leaving them in the submissive rather dominant position they would naturally be in in a competitive market.

This problem won’t be fixed by more regulation limiting choice, thereby competition and customers’ power. The causes need to be undone not compounded.

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