Re: [wg-review] 11. IDNH Vote now - all those in favor

[Sotiropoulos <sotiris@hermesnetwork.com>]

1/13/01 9:14:10 AM, Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com> wrote:
>That is, the Internet is a physical entity, it is in fact owned, and it
>is owned by private enterprise, almost entirely.  It is *not* owned by
>the public at large, and, despite widespread belief to the contrary, for
>the public at large guarantees of "freedom" on the Internet are quite
>limited.  For example, though the Internet has floods of free speech,
>there is no global right of free speech on the Internet: whatever
>ability you have on the Internet to express yourself is conditioned
>entirely by your ISP.

>This is analogous to the old maxim "freedom of the press is limited to
>those who own presses". 

WHAT ABOUT THE INFORMATION?  Who "owns" that?!?!  Where would all this "physical" Internet be without the Information!?!?  Do you let your 
waiter or the counter help at McDonalds choose your meal for you Mr. Crispin?!?!  Now be a good server and get back to work.  Leave the politics for 
those who understand the issues.  

Thank You.

Sotiris Sotiropoulos
          Hermes Network, Inc.



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