Defend Net Neutrality and score 26 april 2008

I really didn't know what to think when I saw this. Net activist Tanya Devereaux is offering to de-viriginize anyone who has shown an effort to support Net Neutrality. It's both pretty cool and pretty fucked up. :-)

As much as I think this is a total hoax, I really think it's a great way to bring attention to the issue. Much too few people actually know anything about Net Neutrality and we all know that nothing sells as quickly as sex! Go Tanya!
(full disclosure: Yes I did apply, and I'm neither a virgin nor interested, but I just had to find out more about this).

So, what's the fuzz about? Net neutrality? Huh?

Net Neutrality is a lot like freedom of speech for bits and bytes. So far the Internet is open and free for everyone. My sending of an email to my cousin in San Fransisco has equal rights of delivery as His Majesty The Kings email to the Prime Minister, or a local prostitute.... Whichever.

Now, some powerful guys is thinking that maybe, since they pay for some of the Internet's equipment, they should have more rights of usage than others. That would mean that your bytes are no longer equal to the Prime Ministers or his Majesty's bytes. Unless, of course you can pay for yourself. Thus - no more freedom of speech for bits and bytes.

It doesn't really take a genius for anyone to understand that the freedom of the Internet is very important. It's what made it good. And of course it's worth protecting! (Tanya and crew expaining the issue).

So now do this: write your local European Member of Parliament, and tell them that you think Net Neutrality is very important! Here is how you find who to email.

PS.
Tanya is also offering 40 000 blow jobs. If one blow job takes 5 minutes (she might be very good, and boy is she going to get the practice) and Tanya can work 10 hours a day for 5 days a week she'll be working for a year and a half without vacation. That's a lot of charity. :-)