Re:The Internet is a public commons erected on private property
by kiba on Friday December 24, 2010 @02:06PM
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I wouldn't be so sure about that. The recent events prompt effort to further decentralize.
It's ironic. The more attempt to control, the more effort is made to decentralize.
Re:The Internet is a public commons erected on private property
by _delirium on Friday December 24, 2010 @02:49PM
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I hope that's the case, but that isn't always the reaction of major players. Often, governmental attempts to control things will lead to at least some of the bigger businesses deciding it's in their interests to actively collude with the attempt.
Re:The Internet is a public commons erected on private property
by kiba on Friday December 24, 2010 @03:20PM
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If we need major players to act ethnically, then we are already doomed.
Re:The Internet is a public commons erected on private property
by _delirium on Friday December 24, 2010 @04:22PM
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It's tricky to get around them, though (but I agree, not necessarily impossible). If you look at the parts of internet infrastructure not controlled by a Fortune 500 company, they're quite small and scattered.
Re:The Internet is a public commons erected on private property
by rndmcnlly0 on Saturday December 25, 2010 @12:42AM
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If so, then it's all the more true that now is the time to invest attention in learning how the internet works at all of its layers. When the time comes, you can be part of those who build the next internet-like thing with full knowledge of all the weaknesses of the previous one.
One way is for the Government to decide a certain body of information that is not allowed to be public knowledge, and when it becomes public, they will attempt to create an "internet information removal button". This obviously will fail, which will pave the way for creation of internet data police to protect and defend us from terrorists by cleansing the internet from sensitive information. The key to own the internet is to demand that it be protected, by government of course, by a data police force.
The final phase of internet takeover occurs by default, big corporations control the government, big corporations decide how the bytes that travel between computers are managed.