Fight the Power

My rep Eddie Bernice Johnson voted against Network Neutrality by supporting HR5252. I’m pretty disappointed with her.

This bill was sponsored by Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX), Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), Rep. Charles Pickering (R-Miss.) and Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.). I bet you can guess who their top campaign contributors are: AT&T, Comcast, and Verizon.

Us Dallasites really need to create an interest group that is saavy about Internet issues. Is there a group here that already does that? We need to go out to other groups in town and educate them about IP issues like Fair Use, DMCA, Network Neutrality, etc. It won’t take that many people to make a big impact on these issues.