The Beginning of the End of the Internet? Discrimination, Closed Networks and the Future of Cyberspace

We all see the Internet as a place of freedom, where new technologies, business innovation and competition flourish. This freedom has always been at the heart of what the Internet community and its original innovators celebrated.

Commissioner Michael J. Copps, of the Federal Communications Commission, contends that this openness is at risk. He will discuss the threat posed by a regulatory movement to replace open networks with closed systems and the impact this will have on both the Internet and the media.

Participants

• Michael Copps
  Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission