Barbershop Punk

A must see in our day and age- captures the heart of internet censorship and personal privacy
Imagine that one day you log on to visit your favorite internet site and a giant message pops up saying it's been blocked. How would you feel? Would you be angry, upset, not care? Perhaps you would feel like your privacy was invaded?

This is exactly what Barbershop Punk wants you to think about. In our day and age, the issue of rights involving internet and other media, as well as our privacy, is only becoming more and more relevant. Barbershop Punk takes you through the battles of Robb Topolski, a software engineer who innocently discovered his internet provider filtering content and sparked a major investigation. How did this ordinary citizen fight back against such a force, and what were the ramifications? These exciting accounts keep the documentary interesting and are sure to spark emotions in a wide audience.

This riveting documentary does a fantastic job of covering various views on the issue of internet content and censorship. It features commentary from...

Comcast as Goliath vs. Robb Topolski as David
"Common Carriage" came about to ensure that postal mail would be delivered equally and without giving deference to one piece over another. Same with telephone calls- no one call could take precedence over another across telephone lines. Along comes the internet. It too grew up being included in this concept of "common carriage"- no piece of internet material could be blocked or receive better, faster access due to its content. It came to be known as "net neutrality."

Robb Topolski, was just an ordinary citizen with a real knack for computers and IT knowledge. He began to run studies on interference during peak vs. off peak internet times. And found no difference- the congestion was always the same. Topolski began to suspect that (in this case) Comcast was interfering with internet access.

Eventually the FCC becomes aware of this regular guy named Robb Topolski who is discovering that Comcast (and probably other internet providers) are deciding- sometimes based on...

Still think the internet is "free"?
Barbershop Punk brings to the forefront a major issue that is becoming more and more important to every single person on the planet-our rights on the Internet. There isn't enough being said about how our basic rights are being infringed upon and even blatantly disregarded by our governments who claim to have our best interests at heart. This documentary questions everything we know about American Internet. Is it really open? Is there really such a thing as a "free market" any more? Is huge corporations running things or are we? This film brings to light questions that are not being asked enough and challenges the status quo. It starts the question. Things are only getting worse.

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