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

[Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>]

On Sat, Jan 13, 2001 at 12:39:39PM -0500, Sotiropoulos wrote:
> 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?!?!

Doesn't matter.  You own your info, but you can't put it on my server.

> 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?!?!

My waiter presents a menu of choices from what the restaurant provides,
and that's what I get.  Maybe I would prefer lamb chops, but I can't get
them from McDs. 

> Now be a good server and get back to work.  Leave the
> politics for those who understand the issues. 

Tell you what -- go to MacDonalds, and tell your waiter that you want a
prime rib dinner, with red wine.  Let us know how it turns out. 

-- 
Kent Crispin                               "Be good, and you will be
kent@songbird.com                           lonesome." -- Mark Twain
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