HB 19-50: The Internet Rights Act of 2019 (Voting)

[YE]

HOUSE BILL
To protect the rights of people on the internet

Be it enacted in both Houses of Congress

Section I. (1.) - Name of the Act
(1) This Act shall be known as the The Internet Rights Act of 2019  
(2) This shall be also known by its abbreviated form being T.I.RA.
Section II. (2.) - Purpose of the Act
(1) The purpose of this Act is to ensure that Atlasian citizens receive the same protections online as they do in the real world. The internet is rapidly becoming a bigger and bigger part of society, and our laws must be up to date to reflect that.
Section III. (3.) - Definitions of the Act
(1) Net neutrality shall refer to the regulations entailing that internet service providers (or ISPs) must maintain the same internet speed for all websites.
(2) Terms and conditions refers to contractual obligations given by companies to users.      
Section IV. (4.)- Content of the Act
(1) RIGHTS- Atlasian citizens shall be guaranteed the following rights online.
(a) Right to net neutrality.
(i) No corporation, internet service provider or hereabout shall sell bandwidth for money that is faster for those that can pay.
(ii) Net neutrality’s affect on internet quality is debatable, however it is clear that a free and fair internet cannot exist without it.
(b) Right to free speech in public forums.
(i) This entails that privately owned companies that let users post/express their opinions should be regulated as public utilities, so that free speech is upheld and protected by the Atlasian Government.
(ii) If users have violated terms and conditions or are engaging in harmful harassment, they may have their speech halted.
(c) Right to privacy.
(i) This entails that the personal information and data of internet users may not be stored or distributed without explicit permission to do so via terms and conditions.
(ii) This right may be bypassed in the case of a criminal investigation.
(d) Right to terms and conditions.
(i) The terms and conditions of a website or program must be approved by the user before the terms may apply.
(ii) The terms and conditions must be available for viewing by users at all times through the program or site.
(iii) All users must be notified of any changes to the terms and conditions, and if they wish to, they shall have the option to terminate their agreement at these points.
(2) FINES-Any business or internet service proven to have violated any of the rights listed in subsection (4(1)) shall be fined, no less than ten (1) thousand dollars per violation. This shall remain so through the 3rd violation followed by the ten times increase in the fines of each accordance.
(3) ENFORCEMENT-The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) shall enforce the content of this bill nation-wide upon its passage.
(4) EFFECTS-This bill shall go into effect upon passage of the Congress and signature of the President.

Sponsor: YE now
72 (going to motion to make this like 48 if no one objects) hours to debate.

[JGibson]

As sponsor of this bill, I speak up in support of the Internet Rights Act of 2019. If you and Atlasia want a free and fair internet, vote AYE on this bill!

[fhtagn]

I'd like to see the sponsor present real advocacy for his bill, rather than just saying he supports it.

[YE]

Motioning to sponsor.

Motioning to suspend the rules so I could say there is a 24 hour objection period.

[YE]

I am now recognized as the sponsor.

[Poirot]

(i) No corporation, internet service provider or hereabout shall sell bandwidth for money that is faster for those that can pay.

A compamy can't sell at higher price for an extra speed service? I don't know what happens in real life. If there are many diffferent speeds for different prices. It wouldn't be a problem to me if the basic speed is fast enough. Companies advertise a speed but when you do a little speed test on your computer it's not fast as advertised.

[Former President tack50]

(i) No corporation, internet service provider or hereabout shall sell bandwidth for money that is faster for those that can pay.

A compamy can't sell at higher price for an extra speed service? I don't know what happens in real life. If there are many diffferent speeds for different prices. It wouldn't be a problem to me if the basic speed is fast enough. Companies advertise a speed but when you do a little speed test on your computer it's not fast as advertised.

I believe this is strengthening net neutrality, but yeah, this definitely needs some work as otherwise companies could only sell one internet speed (which is not net neutrality).

Net neutrality would be to offer faster access to certain websites who can pay over others. Like for example boosting your Facebook or Youtube access speed over MySpace or Vimeo and other alternatives.

Here's a famous "how the internet would look like without net neutrality" picture from Portugal; just picture those packages as "fast speeds" instead of extra data caps (or could be both).


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%2B_Smart_Net_-_advertisement_offering_service_packages.png

[Dr. MB]

I asked Fremont MP Raymundoflx (who wrote this bill) to comment on it but I'll wait until that happens to motion for a final vote.

[YE]

I asked Fremont MP Raymundoflx (who wrote this bill) to comment on it but I'll wait until that happens to motion for a final vote.

Still waiting on this. Hopefully we get some answers.

[Dr. MB]

No action, anyone have anything else to say?

[RC (a la Frémont)]

Nothing other than a request to motion a final vote.

[Poirot]

I would have liked clarification on this:

No corporation, internet service provider or hereabout shall sell bandwidth for money that is faster for those that can pay.

Maybe it's just a definition of net neutrality and interpreted this meaning something else.

[YE]

24 hours to object to a final vote motion.

[YE]

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

[YE]

Well time for a 72 hour vote I guess

[YE]

Aye

[Dr. MB]

Aye

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

Aye

[fhtagn]

Abstain

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Aye

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Aye

[Poirot]

aye

[RC (a la Frémont)]

Aye

[YE]

Passes 6-0-0-3 I believe.

[YE]

HOUSE BILL
To protect the rights of people on the internet

Be it enacted in both Houses of Congress

Section I. (1.) - Name of the Act
(1) This Act shall be known as the The Internet Rights Act of 2019  
(2) This shall be also known by its abbreviated form being T.I.RA.
Section II. (2.) - Purpose of the Act
(1) The purpose of this Act is to ensure that Atlasian citizens receive the same protections online as they do in the real world. The internet is rapidly becoming a bigger and bigger part of society, and our laws must be up to date to reflect that.
Section III. (3.) - Definitions of the Act
(1) Net neutrality shall refer to the regulations entailing that internet service providers (or ISPs) must maintain the same internet speed for all websites.
(2) Terms and conditions refers to contractual obligations given by companies to users.      
Section IV. (4.)- Content of the Act
(1) RIGHTS- Atlasian citizens shall be guaranteed the following rights online.
(a) Right to net neutrality.
(i) No corporation, internet service provider or hereabout shall sell bandwidth for money that is faster for those that can pay.
(ii) Net neutrality’s affect on internet quality is debatable, however it is clear that a free and fair internet cannot exist without it.
(b) Right to free speech in public forums.
(i) This entails that privately owned companies that let users post/express their opinions should be regulated as public utilities, so that free speech is upheld and protected by the Atlasian Government.
(ii) If users have violated terms and conditions or are engaging in harmful harassment, they may have their speech halted.
(c) Right to privacy.
(i) This entails that the personal information and data of internet users may not be stored or distributed without explicit permission to do so via terms and conditions.
(ii) This right may be bypassed in the case of a criminal investigation.
(d) Right to terms and conditions.
(i) The terms and conditions of a website or program must be approved by the user before the terms may apply.
(ii) The terms and conditions must be available for viewing by users at all times through the program or site.
(iii) All users must be notified of any changes to the terms and conditions, and if they wish to, they shall have the option to terminate their agreement at these points.
(2) FINES-Any business or internet service proven to have violated any of the rights listed in subsection (4(1)) shall be fined, no less than ten (1) thousand dollars per violation. This shall remain so through the 3rd violation followed by the ten times increase in the fines of each accordance.
(3) ENFORCEMENT-The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) shall enforce the content of this bill nation-wide upon its passage.
(4) EFFECTS-This bill shall go into effect upon passage of the Congress and signature of the President.

Passed the House of Representatives 6-0-0-3
X YE