Greetings everyone.
In the recent time, the people of the Internet has fought a great, yet soundless battle.
The European Parliament were to vote on new amendmets by the Trautmann and Harbour report.
Some of which, could cause fatal damage and change the internet as we know it today. An open line of communication is not in control - by the way the corporations see it. Which is possibly why the bad changes were brought up.
Us, "The Online Community" (I think that was what we were referred to in the Parliament), decided to stand up against this. We connected, we communicated and we fought for one the greatest services of all time.
We saw, in action, what the internet can do and what a few people (Dean and Reese) are able to get started in no time.
People started sending mails and telling their friends about it. People contacted their own MEPs and started fighting for their opinion. Personally, I called every danish MEP and talked the whole case through with them and out of curiosity, I asked them all, how much contact they've gotten about the subject. I calculated the average number of mails per day to be a little over 300. Some offices had even gotten 3000 (three thousand) mails over the last 5 days up to the votings.
I mean, this is insane.
We did a good thing for the world yesterday. People might not notice it, people might not understand it or figure what we actually did. But if they did, I'm sure they would be thankful. The few people I've talked with it today, that understood it - actually thanked me for what I did and told me to "tell it on".
We saved our most valuable tool. For this, I thank every one of you, that participated in this legendary event.
So does the internet feel any different? Well, you can say it's not blocked atleast! But 4chan is still messing around, communication is still running and people still do illegal downloads. But I sit with a very small feeling, that I fought for what I'm using. And honestly? It feels alright :)
Sincere thanks,
Christian 'Ensey' Sjøbeck
If you want to learn more about Net Neutrality and the people behind this event, visit:
http://ipower.ning.com
http://www.savetheinternet.com

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