Wahsp wrote:

RPMO45 wrote:

CStafford-14 wrote:

Alright. Let's come clean here. Net Neutrality is a really big deal. It's literally the freedom to browse the web! On December 14th, 2017, the FCC will vote to get rid of Net Neutrality - for good.

Not concerned yet? By killing off Net Neutrality, certain websites will be blocked by your ISP (Internet Service Provider - Where you get your WiFi), or even worse, Scratch may become gone - also, for good. That means either no more Scratch for the rest of your life, or you will need to pay for it. The same situation applies to every website in existence.

What the real question is, is what will happen to scratch if The FCC kills Net Neutrality?

Additional Links
Battleforthenet.com is the official protest page for Net Neutrality's repeal. Join the movement!

jeez, are people really that greedy for money? or do they just want us to go back to the freaking stone age?

oh it's money (because 174K a year isn't enough for Congress, people)

-ShadowOfTheFuture- wrote:

KingOfAwesome58219 wrote:

Congress members get paid $30,000 - $80,000 a year to keep their opposing stance on net neutrality.

Wow, the government's really that corrupt?

CStafford-14 wrote:

Wahsp wrote:

RPMO45 wrote:

CStafford-14 wrote:

Alright. Let's come clean here. Net Neutrality is a really big deal. It's literally the freedom to browse the web! On December 14th, 2017, the FCC will vote to get rid of Net Neutrality - for good.

Not concerned yet? By killing off Net Neutrality, certain websites will be blocked by your ISP (Internet Service Provider - Where you get your WiFi), or even worse, Scratch may become gone - also, for good. That means either no more Scratch for the rest of your life, or you will need to pay for it. The same situation applies to every website in existence.

What the real question is, is what will happen to scratch if The FCC kills Net Neutrality?

Additional Links
Battleforthenet.com is the official protest page for Net Neutrality's repeal. Join the movement!

jeez, are people really that greedy for money? or do they just want us to go back to the freaking stone age?

oh it's money (because 174K a year isn't enough for Congress, people)

And you are 100% correct, 0% incorrect! The U.S. Government is greedy, stubborn, rude, insensitive, and it deserves more insults than what I just typed.

KingOfAwesome58219 wrote:

CStafford-14 wrote:

Wahsp wrote:

RPMO45 wrote:

CStafford-14 wrote:

Alright. Let's come clean here. Net Neutrality is a really big deal. It's literally the freedom to browse the web! On December 14th, 2017, the FCC will vote to get rid of Net Neutrality - for good.

Not concerned yet? By killing off Net Neutrality, certain websites will be blocked by your ISP (Internet Service Provider - Where you get your WiFi), or even worse, Scratch may become gone - also, for good. That means either no more Scratch for the rest of your life, or you will need to pay for it. The same situation applies to every website in existence.

What the real question is, is what will happen to scratch if The FCC kills Net Neutrality?

Additional Links
Battleforthenet.com is the official protest page for Net Neutrality's repeal. Join the movement!

jeez, are people really that greedy for money? or do they just want us to go back to the freaking stone age?

oh it's money (because 174K a year isn't enough for Congress, people)

And you are 100% correct, 0% incorrect! The U.S. Government is greedy, stubborn, rude, insensitive, and it deserves more insults than what I just typed.

Lets not turn to anarchy. Too much of the U.S. government is corrupt, greedy, stubborn, but not all of it. We need it but its not doing well in every aspect.

CStafford-14 wrote:

-ShadowOfTheFuture- wrote:

KingOfAwesome58219 wrote:

Congress members get paid $30,000 - $80,000 a year to keep their opposing stance on net neutrality.

Wow, the government's really that corrupt?

Yes. And what's worse is that congressmen get to PICK their salaries. That $80,000 is the legal limit for ANYONE that isn't an employer.

KingOfAwesome58219 wrote:

CStafford-14 wrote:

-ShadowOfTheFuture- wrote:

KingOfAwesome58219 wrote:

Congress members get paid $30,000 - $80,000 a year to keep their opposing stance on net neutrality.

Wow, the government's really that corrupt?

Yes. And what's worse is that congressmen get to PICK their salaries. That $80,000 is the legal limit for ANYONE that isn't an employer.

Correction, $5,000 to $200,000 a year. And that's not even their salary, just the amount they're paid by telecom companies.
Check out this article for more on this

CStafford-14 wrote:

KingOfAwesome58219 wrote:

CStafford-14 wrote:

-ShadowOfTheFuture- wrote:

KingOfAwesome58219 wrote:

Congress members get paid $30,000 - $80,000 a year to keep their opposing stance on net neutrality.

Wow, the government's really that corrupt?

Yes. And what's worse is that congressmen get to PICK their salaries. That $80,000 is the legal limit for ANYONE that isn't an employer.

Correction, $5,000 to $200,000 a year. And that's not even their salary, just the amount they're paid by telecom companies.
Check out this article for more on this

Is that before or after they repeal Net Neutrality?

KingOfAwesome58219 wrote:

CStafford-14 wrote:

KingOfAwesome58219 wrote:

CStafford-14 wrote:

-ShadowOfTheFuture- wrote:

KingOfAwesome58219 wrote:

Congress members get paid $30,000 - $80,000 a year to keep their opposing stance on net neutrality.

Wow, the government's really that corrupt?

Yes. And what's worse is that congressmen get to PICK their salaries. That $80,000 is the legal limit for ANYONE that isn't an employer.

Correction, $5,000 to $200,000 a year. And that's not even their salary, just the amount they're paid by telecom companies.
Check out this article for more on this

Is that before or after they repeal Net Neutrality?

Not quite sure. The article I linked was how much they were paid for a different but related decision made by Congress.

venyanwarrior wrote:

Hold on, why don't we just get the ST to advertise this in a featured project or a pop-up or something? No net neutrality would almost certainly reduce scratch's population.

venyanwarrior wrote:

If net neutrality is killed I'm going to sue the FCC.


not rly but that's how I feel.

KingOfAwesome58219 wrote:

Plus, if they make us pay extra to visit competitors sites, ACLU and other organizations could potentially sue them for breaking the Sherman Antitrust act and monopolizing the industry, which would be a step towards bringing net neutrality back.

Wahsp wrote:

KingOfAwesome58219 wrote:

Plus, if they make us pay extra to visit competitors sites, ACLU and other organizations could potentially sue them for breaking the Sherman Antitrust act and monopolizing the industry, which would be a step towards bringing net neutrality back.

venyanwarrior wrote:

Hold on, why don't we just get the ST to advertise this in a featured project or a pop-up or something? No net neutrality would almost certainly reduce scratch's population. Plus, the ST will probably have to pay even MORE to run scratch, and from what I've heard, they don't get paid very much. And I would hate for scratch to have ads.

CStafford-14 wrote:

venyanwarrior wrote:

Hold on, why don't we just get the ST to advertise this in a featured project or a pop-up or something? No net neutrality would almost certainly reduce scratch's population. Plus, the ST will probably have to pay even MORE to run scratch, and from what I've heard, they don't get paid very much. And I would hate for scratch to have ads.

Something like Wikipedia ask for donations?

venyanwarrior wrote:

I still think scratch should support net neutrality. I would REALLY hate to see ads on the site.

rivques wrote:

can someone please post the ruling as soon as they know (and before our greedy ISPs take away the sire?)