Today the WSJ ran an article about the crack-up of the Net Neutrality coalition. Bummer, I thought, because now Google is evil and corporations are crushing innovation and Obama has slapped us in the face with a betrayal and even Lawrence Lessig, Internet folk hero, has sold out to the man. Well, it turns out that the situation might not be so dire, as Lessig writes on his blog:
It is true, as the Journal reports, that I have stated that network providers should be free to charge different rates for different service — “so long,” the Journal quotes, “as the faster service at a higher price is available to anyone willing to pay it.
For example, in April, 2008, I testified before the Senate Commerce Committee. This is what I said:
