Can We Kill This Myth That The Internet Is A Wild West That Needs To Be Tamed?

Re:Can We Kill This Myth That The Internet Is A Wild West Th... by cubicle67 on Saturday May 28, 2011 @12:16AM (#2593876)

Ask your local small business owner how much they appreciate being able to have their own website. Previously their options for letting people know about their business were newspaper advertising, yellow pages or TV.

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Re:Can We Kill This Myth That The Internet Is A Wild West Th... by cheez on Saturday May 28, 2011 @12:19AM (#2593883)

Oh, don't worry, your website license will be part of a business registration package.

Most people consider such things a minor inconvenience.

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Re:Can We Kill This Myth That The Internet Is A Wild West Th... by ygreek on Saturday May 28, 2011 @03:45AM (#2594113)

In China you already have to apply for a website license (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICP_license). And most people do not care about it very much. I once made a site with a friend from China, and he applied for the ICP license, even though the server was in the US and there was not a single word in Chinese on the site. In my friend's opinion it was a natural thing to do for a law abiding citizen.

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Re:Can We Kill This Myth That The Internet Is A Wild West Th... by cheez on Saturday May 28, 2011 @10:47AM (#2594494)

China is a North American politician's wet dream.

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Re:Can We Kill This Myth That The Internet Is A Wild West Th... by arecibodrake on Saturday May 28, 2011 @03:17AM (#2594094)

You might be surprised at how hard a sell web presence is in some areas...sigh

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