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WSJ – “Federal Communications Commission members began the work of relaunching their broadband strategy Wednesday, a day after a court threw out their earlier effort to police broadband traffic and even as Internet providers said no action at all would be best. The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that the FCC has limited authority under current law to tell Internet providers how to manage their networks has put portions of FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s National Broadband Plan at risk.”

LJ – “Narrow ruling stymies FCC authority to pursue policy, but new regulation may emerge”

WSJ – “To the surprise of no one, a federal appeals court ruled yesterday that the Federal Communications Commission lacks the authority to regulate how Internet service providers manage their networks. This validation of the rule of law over bureaucratic diktat is worth cheering. The question now is whether the Obama Administration will accept the decision or evade it by finding other ways to impose “net neutrality” rules on Comcast, AT&T and others.”

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BBC – “Bill Thompson doesn’t want to see the online commons enclosed by private interests.”

CNET News – “The same FCC that now casts itself as savior of the open network has grown increasingly aggressive and prudish in policing content in its traditional job as regulator of over-the-air television.”

AllThingsD – “Just hours after Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski officially unveiled ‘Net neutrality rules, the Arizona Republican introduced a bill that would prohibit the Commission from enacting them. Called the Internet Freedom Act, the legislation says the FCC “shall not propose, promulgate, or issue any regulations regarding the Internet or IP-enabled services.”

CNET – “Net neutrality supporters may be celebrating the Federal Communications Commission’s unanimous vote to begin developing open Internet regulation, but the battle is far from over as the yet- to-be-written regulation is already facing Congressional opposition and will also likely be challenged in court.”

See also, “AT&T, Comcast Face New Internet Rules After FCC Vote“, from Bloomberg

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USA Today – “The war of words over “Net neutrality,” the idea (favored by the Obama Administration) that consumers should be able to access any online content anytime they want it, hitched up a few notches this week.”