Firmly esconced in the philosophy
JS posted : "Enjoy the internet while you can. The number of bills trying to control the Internet has risen exponentially since the beginning of this whole SOPA mess, last century's DMCA. It used to be 1 or 2 very few years, now it's a couple of dozen every year. SOPA and CISPA are just the highly publicized one, there are literally dozens going through the system.
"The free internet will end, because this is what our society does: we get something that belongs to everybody and works because it's shared, then smart greedy evil people find a way to create fences, stake claims and mark it as their own property.
"Then they build toll booths."
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Douglas John Douglas I like your enthusiasm. But there must be a better example than toll roads. Please tell me you are not oblivious to the fact that public services like highways are very expensive and must be paid for somehow. Or should the builders just donate their time and trouble to the common good?
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Douglas John Douglas And I support an open and free Internet.
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Douglas John Douglas Please point me to what you have been reading.
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The free internet will end, because this is what our society does: we get something that belongs to everybody and works because it's shared, then smart greedy evil people find a way to create fences, stake claims and mark it as their own property.
Freeways were never free. Almost all public highways in the United States were toll roads from the start, once they constituted major investments of capital for engineering, construction, and maintenance.
And it was Germany in the 30's that launched and pushed the idea of huge transportation links to aid commerce and back up airports during conflict. The Fascists were so good at stuff like that. Oh, and mass media, too. Pioneers, those bright Germans!
