Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Al Franken declares Net Neutrality decade - InternetNews.com

WASHINGTON -- Al Franken may have arrived late to the Senate, but he isn't wasting any time staking out his position on one of the most controversial policy issues affecting the tech industry.

Speaking here at the Future of Music Coalition's policy summit, the Minnesota Democrat, who only secured his senate seat in July after a lengthy legal dispute with his Republican opponent, gave an impassioned talk in praise of Net neutrality, which he called a "21st century reiteration of one of our most important constitutional rights..."