"Binge On has been a hit with customers, helping T-Mobile to continue to continue to grow its audience in an increasingly competitive space. But the service was blasted earlier this year by a Stanford law professor and net neutrality expert who filed a report with the FCC claiming it "harms competition, innovation and free speech," and is likely illegal. In the 51-page document, Barbara van Schewick cited more than a half-dozen ways Binge On appears to violate the FCC's Open Internet Order of 2015, including making certain content more attractive than other video by not incurring data charges and constraining customer choice by enabling users to watch unlimited video from Binge On providers but not from their competitors. She added that some smaller music services had to wait as long as 18 months to be included in Music Freedom. T-Mobile, not surprisingly, has argued that its service is open to all content providers and that it benefits its customers."
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This article by Center for Internet and Society originally appeared on cyberlaw.stanford.edu on March 08, 2016 at 11:00AM
