In the latest legal wrangling of an issue that’s been in courts since 2007, the FCC and Comcast have once again returned to the battle grounds over the principal of Net Neutrality.  The FCC believes that companies that provide Internet access have to do so to people no matter what they might be using it for, even downloading free movies and music from P2P and file-sharing websites.  Comcast, however, believes differently, and in 2007 the company was caught censoring the Internet and capping, throttling, or flat-out blocking access to certain websites and services for Comcast customers.  Now, everyone’s back into court, as Comcast has been granted a petition for review, overturning the previous pro-FCC ruling.

The issue with judges is not the action of Comcast (or Xfinity).  The issue is whether or not the FCC actually has the authority to put a stop to censorship efforts by companies like Comcast, the nation’s largest cable company.  Given that Comcast will soon own NBC Universal (a major content producer), they’ll soon have billions of green, folding reasons to block Comcast customers from certain parts of the Internet.

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