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Re:EU recognizes Internet access as a fundamental right, on ... by mindslight on Sunday May 10, 2009 @12:23PM (#602228)
erm, no. The USA Bill of Rights is a list of restrictions on government which attempts to explicitly protect some natural rights, _NOT_ an enumeration of all natural rights.

As long as the "right to internet access" is a specialization of the right to freely associate (preemptively ruling out three strike laws and whatnot), I don't see how it's impinging upon anyone's right to be left alone.

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Re:EU recognizes Internet access as a fundamental right, on ... by johnnybgoode on Sunday May 10, 2009 @07:43PM (#602683)
What you're describing is really the right to seek internet access, and I agree with your analysis of it. For anyone to proclaim the existence of a "right to internet access" is dangerously vague, however.
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