Network neutrality opponents are taking a page out of their rivals’ grassroots playbook

A libertarian think tank known as TechFreedom is making a play for Americans who object to heavier regulation of Internet service providers.

The push began with a Web site, Don't Break the Net, that urges the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission not to subject Internet providers to heavier regulation. Don't Break the Net encourages you to write to the FCC advocating a "hands-off" policy. And doing so will automatically add you to TechFreedom's e-mail list (in the non-profit universe, the size of a group's e-mail list is often taken as a sign of its wealth and influence). Don't Break the Net even acknowledges copying the open-source code that went into the net neutrality advocates' own site, Battle for the Net, which represents some of the Web's most well-known properties -- Mozilla, the maker of the Firefox browser; Etsy; reddit; Kickstarter and others.