Net Neutrality: Millions of people demonstrated today for net neutrality and an open internet. The “Battle for the Net,” or Battle for the Net, is backed by major tech companies like Amazon, Google, and Netflix, and hopes to stop an impending repeal of current net neutrality rules.
The debate began ten years ago when some torrent users were unable to download their favorite TV shows, but today it no longer seems to be a fight that only concerns pirates. 
Net Neutrality Let's see what happened from the beginning:
Today, millions of people are protesting the FCC's plan to repeal net neutrality rules enacted by the former Obama administration.
This “Battle for the Internet”, or Battle for the Net, has brought together many prominent activist groups and companies, such as Amazon, BitTorrent, Dropbox, Netflix and even Pornhub.
Under current net neutrality rules, there is a clear standard that prevents internet service providers from blocking, throttling, and prioritizing “legitimate” traffic.
If current net neutrality rules disappear, some fear that throttling and “fast lanes” for certain services will become commonplace.
Historically, there has been a strong connection between net neutrality and piracy. The first signs of what followed were first seen in 2007, when Comcast began throttling BitTorrent traffic in an attempt to ease the load on its network.
When this informal practice was revealed, it sparked the first widespread discussion about net neutrality. The first discussion became the setup for the FCC's Open Internet Order, released three years later.
The Open Internet Order was the foundation of the net neutrality rules that the FCC issued in 2015. The big change from previous regulations was that Internet service providers could be regulators under Title II.
Thus, according to the regulation, Internet service providers will be allowed to block any illegal traffic, including the distribution of content that infringes copyright.
Net Neutrality What is going to come if…
In fact, the FCC's new net neutrality rule states the following:
“Nothing shall prohibit reasonable efforts by a broadband Internet access service provider to address copyright infringement or other illegal activity.”
The FCC's main reason for adopting the above regulation is that copyright infringement hurts the American economy, so ISPs are free to take appropriate measures if they need to intervene. This includes voluntarily censoring pirated websites, something the MPAA and RIAA want and are constantly pushing for.
“For example, the no-blocking rule should not stop any prohibition rule to protect intellectual property rights that has negative consequences for the economy, nor should it protect child pornography. We reiterate that our rules do not amend copyright laws and are not intended to prohibit or discourage voluntary practices undertaken to address or mitigate the occurrence of copyright violations,” the FCC explains.
This gives ISPs a lot of room to maneuver. ISPs could block access to The Pirate Bay and other pirate sites entirely voluntarily, for example. Banning BitTorrent traffic globally is also an option, as long as it is framed with a good excuse for “better network management.”.
The worrying part is that ISPs themselves will be able to decide what traffic or websites are illegal. This could potentially lead to excessive blocking. Currently, there is no indication that we will see this, but net neutrality regulations do not prevent companies from doing so.
What should be clear is that the fight for net neutrality is no longer a fight for pirates.
Today's protest is reminiscent of the great "Internet blackout" uprising over the anti-piracy law SOPA.
