"If you have an internet service provider that's capable of slowing down other sites, or putting other sites out of business, or favoring their own friends and affiliates and customers who can pay for fast lanes, that's a horrible infringement on free speech. It's censorship by media monopolies. It's tragic: here we have a technology, the internet, that's capable really of being the town square of democracy, paved with broadband bricks, and we are letting it be taken over by a few gatekeepers. This is a first amendment issue; it's free speech versus corporate censorship."

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Source : Source: www.salon.com

Michael Copps

#Taken Quotes #Technology Quotes #Democracy Quotes

“You are what you read.”
“My mother always took my brothers and me to music lessons. There were six children. Our parents attended our concerts and encouraged us to study and enjoy many different types of music.”
“Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony.”

Source : Song: What's Good, Album: Magic and Loss, 1992
“I always wanted to create a site that was sports and pop culture. '30 for 30 had a big impact because I loved how that was about finding, empowering and working with these incredible directors, and I thought the same thing could work for writers.”

Source : "ESPN's Bill Simmons on His Mini-Empire, Why Hollywood 'Sucks' and Why He Won't Write about Sandusky (Q&A)". Interview with Lacey Rose, www.hollywoodreporter.com. November 22, 2011.
“Redistricting is a deeply political process, with incumbents actively seeking to minimize the risk to themselves (via bipartisan gerrymanders) or to gain additional seats for their party (via partisan gerrymanders).”
“O month when they who love must love and wed.”
“May I always have a heart superior, with economy suitable, to my fortune.”
“A dolly move is a moral commitment.”

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