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, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals court has struck down the FCC's attempt to make net neutrality the law of the land. 

. It's the reason the New York Times and the Brainerd Dispatch's respective websites 

. It also prevents an internet service provider like Comcast or Time Warner Cable from blocking websites from companies it sees as competition. 

On The Daily Circuit, we look at what's coming next in the legal internet battle.

 Without net-neutrality rules, a firm like Verizon or Comcast can do whatever it likes to content moving across its network. If it wants, it can make a blog that criticized its latest policies unreachable, or block T-Mobile's customer support. Acting together, the Internet service providers could destroy Netflix by slowing its data to a crawl, making movies impossible to watch. (New Yorker)

Why You Should Be Freaking Out About The End Of Net Neutrality

 Put together items one and two and it becomes clear -- negating net neutrality is bad for small businesses. If ISPs force website owners pay for faster load times, tiny retailers and personal websites will be the ones to suffer from slower content delivery. (Huffington Post)

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After the recent court decision, we'll look at what's next for the open internet battle.

What you need to know about net neutrality

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