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Re:Net Neutrality Day of Action: Help Preserve the Open Inte... by jameslk on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @06:07PM (#14757094)
Wouldn't this basically be a form of economic tort? If so, I doubt Google would want to be on the receiving end of the legal consequences.
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Re:Net Neutrality Day of Action: Help Preserve the Open Inte... by mouldysammich on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @06:20PM (#14757180)
If net neutrality was gutted, wouldnt they be allowed to do that? Is that not the same thing that the ISP is doing?
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Re:Net Neutrality Day of Action: Help Preserve the Open Inte... by jameslk on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @06:35PM (#14757253)
In the case of tortious interference, Google would be selectively attempting to interfere with the existing business relationship between the ISP and its customers by targeting specific ISPs it deems as violating what it considers as net neutrality.

Where as an ISP is unaware of any specific relationship and therefore isn't attempting to interfere.

IANAL but that's my interpretation of this specific tort law.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortious_interference#Elements

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