Instead of supporting heavy-handed regulation as proposed by Google and other major online players, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s staff came out against so-called “Net Neutrality.” Here’s a link to the 170-page report in case you have insomnia.

In plain English, this means that the FTC is going to let competitive market forces determine pricing instead of the government.

In the alternative, one could have elected idiots regulate the Internet when they don’t have a clue what it is…just ask U.S. Senator Ted Stevens. He thinks the Web is a “series of tubes” and “not a big truck.” Check out the video.

About the Author

With an advanced international law degree from Georgetown University and more than 14 years of real world legal experience, Attorney Mike Young shows entrepreneurs how to protect and grow their businesses online. He's the author of Internet Marketing Legal Secrets Revealed. Not just a lawyer who focuses exclusively on Internet and marketing law, Mike’s been working with computers for more than 27 years (his first computer was an Atari 400 with 8 KiB RAM) and started representing Internet businesses back in 1996.