No neutral corner in this Web brawl: nervous Hollywood congloms may be forced to take a public stand as telcos fish for fees.(EMERGING CONTROVERSY)(net neutrality)

From: Daily Variety | Date: June 18, 2007| Author: Triplett, William | Copyright information

WASHINGTON

Net neutrality" may sound like something only a Web geek could love, but at some point showbiz, largely indifferent to it so far, will have to start declaring an interest--perhaps passionately.

Why? Because Net neutrality--01; as some call it. Net regulation--has the potential to affect content protection, otherwise known as Priority No. 1 of the entertainment industry.

Access to online content, itself no small concern, could also be at ...

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