Why Net Neutrality Matters So Much to Indie Filmmakers

Consumer groups and tech advocates have been voicing concern about the growing threats to net neutrality, but Hollywood -- especially independent filmmakers and distributors -- have plenty of reason to worry about the walls and toll booths being erected to discriminate between Internet content.

“If we want to directly sell movies off our site, like Louis CK does, the challenges that I then have is, what price do I have to pay to make sure that my information is delivered at the speed and is as high quality as it can be?” said Ted Hope, a veteran indie film producer (“21 Grams,” “Adventureland”) who now runs the independent distributor Fandor. “To get information faster, big pocketed entities like Netflix go and make deals with Comcast, but small companies don't have that option.”