Fettering the web would kill innovations

1. Fettering the Web would kill
Innovations

2. Contd..
The seating and unseating of tech companies and services on the internet is all too
common. Today's fad can be tomorrow's necessity and the day after's relic. Those
advocating for net neutrality , the principle that all data be treated equally on the internet,
say this constant cycle of invention and innovation is possible only if the principle is not
violated. When Facebook first opened to the public in 2006, MySpace held a large share of
the social networking pie in the US, while Orkut dominated the same space in India.
Search engines like Yahoo, Ask Jeeves, Infoseek etc existed before Google appeared and
became the giant that it is today. Messaging services like Whatsapp or Viber could overturn
the SMS market. In a blog post arguing for net neutrality in February this year, inventor of
the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee wrote: “When I designed the Web, I deliberately
built it as a neutral, creative and collaborative space, building on the openness the Internet
offered. My vision was that anyone, anywhere in the world could share knowledge and
ideas without needing to buy a license or ask permission from myself or any CEO,
government department or committee. This openness unleashed a tidal wave of
innovation, and it is still powering new breakthroughs in science, commerce, culture and
much more besides.“

3. Contd..
A 2013 study commissioned by the Dutch government on innovation and net
neutrality differentiates between innovation at the core and that at the edges. The
one at the core, according to the paper, is brought about by internet and telecom
service providers, and one at the edges by individuals, typified by services like
Facebook or Skype. “As long as networks were application-blind (i.e. not controlled
by network operators), innovators decided to offer their applications online and let
end-users decide whether these applications were useful for them,“ says the paper.
After the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India began the consultation process for
the regulation of over the top services, similar views were echoed by various
startups, entrepreneurs and investors. Zomato founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal
said in a tweet on Friday: “Couldn't have built Zomato if we had a competitor on
something like Airtel Zero.“ Goyal was referring to Airtel's new program where one
can make a service available to customer toll-free.

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