For German Readers: The Issue of "Netzneutralität"

As many of you might have heard by now, the word of the week is "Netzneutralität"*. It has been widely debated in German media, politics and the blogosphere and means something like free availability of data to all. There is a petition on Pro Netzneutralität that you may sign if you believe that data transmission should remain neutral and equitable, no matter what content the data provides, which country it comes from, or whether it was sent by a rich or poor sender.

The German weekly SPIEGEL wrote an article on the topic, as has DIE ZEIT.

*Official definiton by the German Bundestag: „Der Begriff Netzneutralität bezeichnet die neutrale Übermittlung von Daten im Internet, das bedeutet eine gleichberechtigte Übertragung aller Datenpakete unabhängig davon, woher diese stammen, welchen Inhalt sie haben oder welche Anwendungen die Pakete generiert haben.“