{"id":409,"date":"2015-02-04T15:57:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T20:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2015\/02\/04\/dig-into-net-neutrality-in-barbershop-punk\/"},"modified":"2015-02-04T15:57:00","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T20:57:00","slug":"dig-into-net-neutrality-in-barbershop-punk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2015\/02\/04\/dig-into-net-neutrality-in-barbershop-punk\/","title":{"rendered":"Dig into net neutrality in Barbershop Punk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/proxyau.wrlc.org\/login?url=http:\/\/docuseek2.com\/v\/a\/ba\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-LRAhscobS5E\/VNJ5GslKp8I\/AAAAAAAABdk\/4bDOQ811vrc\/s1600\/bshop.jpg\" height=\"206\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Only a few hours ago, FCC chairman Tom Wheeler <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2015\/02\/fcc-chairman-wheeler-net-neutrality\/\">announced his proposal to reclassify Internet services as &#8220;common carriers,&#8221;<\/a> a major victory for net neutrality and the prospects of an open Internet. We&#8217;ll come right out and say that this is fantastic news. The American Library Association has made it clear that open and unfettered Internet access is a public good, and we strongly agree with this sentiment. This won&#8217;t be settled until the FCC approves these changes, of course, but it&#8217;s still a great development.<\/p>\n<p>The road to net neutrality has been rocky, but as a relatively new issue, it has also been extensively documented. If you want a first-hand look at the labyrinthine legislation and rules that originally governed Internet regulation, look no further than <i>Barbershop Punk<\/i>, <a href=\"http:\/\/proxyau.wrlc.org\/login?url=http:\/\/docuseek2.com\/v\/a\/ba\">a documentary available streaming through our catalog<\/a>. <i>Barbershop Punk<\/i> uses the story of the filmmaker&#8217;s attempts to distribute his rare barbershop quarter music collection as a microcosm for the larger net neutrality debate. Interviewees include politicians, musicians, and other notable figures with a stake in digital free expression.<\/p>\n<p><i>Barbershop Punk<\/i> is highly recommended viewing if you&#8217;re trying to get a handle on the net neutrality issue. And hopefully soon it&#8217;s one we can put behind us.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only a few hours ago, FCC chairman Tom Wheeler announced his proposal to reclassify Internet services as &#8220;common carriers,&#8221; a major victory for net neutrality and the prospects of an open Internet. We&#8217;ll come right out and say that this is fantastic news. The American Library Association has made it clear that open and unfettered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,22],"tags":[107,355],"class_list":["post-409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recommendations","category-streaming-video","tag-documentary","tag-timely-things"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}