| It's one of those nebulous things. For example. Is it illegal for me to pay you a commission to sell products for me? Is it illegal for you to subcontract selling these products? Is it illegal for the subcontractors to subcontract? Is it illegal for me to give a signing bonus if you recruit your friends to work for me? Is it illegal for you to get a bonus based on your direct and indirect contribution to how well the company is doing? Of course none of these are illegal on their face but if you add them all up into a pyramid scheme you can bet that it's objectionable to many and that in many countries it's illegal. It's a shade of gray. Many people here believe that the importance of keeping the net neutral is huge (even while giving a wink and a nod to QOS and other realistic compromises). You can even tell by the mixed reactions throughout the comment thread that people believe this to be a very slippery slope, they want this but are worried about even precedents like this one. As your comment highlighted net neutrality can be nebulous so when you push a boundry it is quite possible that there is very little to stop you continuing to push. Having said that I don't necessarily disagree with your reasoning, it's one of the reasons I support Aero being legal. Possibly a little hypocritically. |