Net Nuetrality: My letter to congress

“… you are not connected”

This is the last thing we want to see when we need to check our email, check the news, check for directions, check for showtimes, check for myspace messages, check for travel information, check for e-cards, check for the latest blog from someone they might not even know!

This is the advantage of our communication today … everything can be done online – which isn’t a bad thing despite a large percentage of belief. Our modern technology that would have amazed people from a hundred years ago is the internet. It flexes our country’s initial ammendment. Freedom of Speach; and with internet 2.0, people are creating even more than just myspace pages, they’re creating entire networks of people to communicate with … and depending how responsive the network is will determine the muscle you’ve created through the internet.

For an example, I’m a filmmaker – I make movies but can’t release them because there’s a very minimal market for short films. With the internet, people can tune in to see what I’ve been doing and I can tune in to what they think of it. It’s a network of access that didn’t exist too long ago.

THE INTERNET IS AT RISK

For content creators, which thanks to web2.0 means everyone, it means the end of access and the beginning of a new bill. Watch the video on my profile for more information on whats going on and then write to congress with your petition to save the internet via Save the Internet . com

Here’s my short lettter:

To whom it may concern,

My name is Christopher Rice, I’m an independent filmmaker struggling to make a living and name for myself in Hollywood. As you know … show biz, like politics, is tough. It’s an uphill battle every step of the way.

My concern here is that the destruction of net neutrality. Obvisouly, it will effect everyone – but just to make my case, I’ll present my point of view. Again, Hollywood isn’t for weak stomachs … which is why the internet has been such a gift to independent filmmakers out there – and musicians for that matter because the music business reflects the film industry. The illimination of net neutrality makes it that much harder … that much more impossible to overcome and achieve.

I’m not sure who is reading this … but I’m sure it was tough to get that position and be such a big part in the foundation of our country … I can relate because film also provides a foundation for our country – ever since the beginning of its establishment with penny-priced entertainment.

I’m 21 years old, I’m currently making a short film about a young woman who travels time in search for the reason why her parents divorced. If you’d like to see it – you can see it soon on Myspace and youtube … but if neutrality is extinguished … you’ll never be able to see it … and niether will anyone else.

Communcations is our philosophy, our real currency, our love, our highest advance since the beginning of time. Lets not reverse that. Lets forward it with our country’s foundations in mind … and its people.

~ by ricemmfilm on March 27, 2007.