FiniteBanjo comments on Cable lobby vows “years of litigation” to avoid bans on blocking and throttling

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[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 20 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Good, let them use their money on litigation instead of lobbying.

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago

Yup, I'm all for it. Put it in a ballot and we'll vote to enshrine it into law.

One of my general rules of thumb is: if cable companies are for it, it must suck.

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[–] Silentiea@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I mean maybe they decided it was going to be easier to buy a judge than another FCC chair?

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[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

Are there any past examples of companies getting out of fines that way? Even Facebook had to pay 20Bn, you would think they could have gotten a judge for only 15 if it were so easy.

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[–] Silentiea@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

There are plenty of examples of companies challenging the legality of regulations and winning, and other cases of apparent corruption among judges.

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[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 0 points 2 years ago

Yes I was asking you to present one case in which an FCC ban or fine was avoided with the courts.

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