In the past couple of days some big names have let it be known where they stand on net neutrality. The rock stars, Moby and Michael Stipe are shockingly in favor of government involvement. While a group of hardware manufacturers went as far as sending a letter to House Majority Leader Dennis Hastert and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi strongly opposing government meddling with the Internet.

The arguments: The hardware group doesn't think the government should be mucking around with things they don't understand. Do many of these companies have ulterior motives — like, say close ties to the broadband providers? Affirmative. The rock stars want to keep the Internet free. Free from corporate greed. A level playing field. In a nutshell, they don't want corporations controlling a symbol of freedom such as the Internet...they're much more comfortable with the government playing that role. — Brian Ward

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