Several years ago (pre-WWW) a friend suggested the creation of “National Public Internet” because he was afraid commercial interests would warp the Internet right out of existence. I've been thinking about that more and more lately.
http://www.pogowasright.org/?p=9652
AT&T asks government to create national censorwall and system for disconnecting accused infringers
May 1, 2010 by Dissent
Cory Doctorow writes:
In its comments to Victoria Espinel, the American IP enforcement czar, AT&T calls on the government to hold tribunal in which accused infringers will lose their internet access. It doesn’t want a full court to evaluate claims of infrigment (sic), just a high-speed, traffic-court-style process by which entire families will lose their lifelines to the electronic society.
AT&T also wants the government to establish a list of banned websites that all ISPs are ordered to block.
Read more on BoingBoing.
Nate Anderson of Ars Technica also provides coverage and commentary on this.
Conference ended April 30.
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