Thank you, I read through it since then, and it was a well-researched and shocking report about the mismanagement of private data. I'm surprised it didn't get more attention from the privacy-conscious crowd here. Perhaps readers are less likely to directly download a PDF.
The paper might have better exposure/interest if you could find an HTML page/article describing the paper. I would recommend reposting it, I believe it's within forum guidelines, when a relevant article is not noticed, you can repost it.
1. “The open architecture of the Internet creates an innovation-without-permission ecosystem. Consumers (and consumers alone) decide the winners and losers on the open Internet.”
2. The brief also describes the dangers of a “walled garden” with a “pre-selected lineup.”
3. “Such an outcome would undo much of the progress of the last two decades. Consumers would lose the ability to choose freely among competitive services and sources of information. It would also significantly decrease the rewards edge providers could realize from innovating, further decreasing consumer choice.”
4. It would also significantly decrease the rewards edge providers could realize from innovating, further decreasing consumer choice.”
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As the Committee’s report discusses, a central pillar of net neutrality and a major contributing force to the Internet’s success has been the concept of “innovation without permission.” This concept, allowing anyone to develop a new technology, to write code and test in the public, and to control the code running on their machines is the lifeblood of the open Internet and the ethos of open source. As Mitchell wrote in regards to a similar proposal by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, any mandatory licensing scheme would prove onerous and “increase the costs of creating on the Web, thereby discouraging Indian entrepreneurs from building the next Internet giant. What’s more, establishing an enabling environment for development on the Web creates a virtuous cycle that provides more value to existing users and incentivizes new users to come online.” To this end, we respectfully caution you from proposing any licensing regimes on Internet services or Over-The-Top (OTT) applications, as doing so would only serve to create legal uncertainty, chill innovation, and hurt the promise of Digital India</quote>
