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Old 06-13-2008, 11:39 AM   #1
BigV
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Corn growers oppose Net Neutrality

The question is "Why?" I don't know any corn growers, so I can't ask directly. I read the story, and it seems to suggest the coalition is a bit ... artificial.

Your thoughts?
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In the technology-meets-politics world, Net neutrality has been the hottest political conflict pitting businesses against each other in the last few years (the conflagration really started with the 2005 Madison River case). After Google emerged as a leader of the pro-Net neutrality forces, it was inevitable that its adversaries would employ the political process to trip it up in unrelated business dealings (c.f. Rep. Joe Barton).
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LMG appears to be unusually tight-lipped about itself and what it does: its Web site requires a password even to click on the "contact LMG" link. A non-password protected version of the site saved by Archive.org offers to sell the ability to form "robust coalitions (that) can change minds--in the media, among lawmakers." Another page says "it is our longstanding policy not to disclose our client list."
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