"Darren New" <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote in message
news:49ede9ef$1@news.povray.org...
> somebody wrote:

> > In this context, information is a commodity, the very thing being sold.
They
> > can chose what to sell and what not to sell, or how to bundle them and
what
> > pricing levels they use.

> The argument is not against people charging for the information. The
> argument is the ISP specifically blocking you from buying information
> without paying the ISP extra money to deliver it above and beyond what
> you're already paying for the ISP.
>
> It's Sony making a TV that won't play NetFlix DVDs unless you stick a
> quarter in the slot when you put a NetFLix DVD in the DVD player. You
> already paid NetFlix, the studios, etc, and you already bought the TV from
> SOny. Why is it a good thing to pay more?

If you don't like it, don't buy the Sony TV. Buy another brand. In a free
market, people speak with their wallets. Making it unlawful for Sony to
manufacture such a TV is not the answer, it is censorship.

> What happens when the ISP starts filtering out access to any web site
> critical of the ISP, or which reveals their lobbying information?

Newspapers already have editors in place to filter out unwanted content. So
do broadcasters.

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