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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai, named by
President Donald Trump in January, has said that he plans to
scrap a 2015 internet conduct standard aimed at preventing
broadband providers from favoring their content over others.
In the letter released late on Sunday by advocacy group Public
Knowledge, the Oscar-winning filmmaker said the internet was
designed so it would not be dominated by giant corporations.
"Trusting the leadership of huge corporations with America's
artistic heritage is a crucial mistake, and can already be seen
in the 'monotony' of contemporary major studio cinema," Coppola
wrote.
"The changes you are making at the FCC will only make the
fragile balance between artist and businessman more impossible
to maintain. I assure you that none of the films that I or my
contemporaries are known and celebrated for could exist today in
such a climate," he wrote in the brief letter.
Big web companies like Facebook Inc, Alphabet Inc and others
back net neutrality rules, saying they guarantee equal access to
the internet.
Internet service providers such as AT&T Inc, Verizon
Communications Inc and Comcast Corp oppose net neutrality rules,
saying they made it harder to manage internet traffic and
discouraged investment in improving access.
(Reporting by Diane Bartz; Editing by Mary Milliken)
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