10 thoughts on “Corporations Are Going to Close the Internet”
Yikes. Now what are they up to?
But now I understand what my youngest meant this morning, when he called over his shoulder from the computer before dashing off to catch the bus to college, “I’m saving the internet today, Mom.”
“That’s nice, honey… what?”
Thanks for being on top of this, Moveon and Maha!
(I wasn’t able to access the video, however.)
Nobody’s going to close the Internet – let’s all take a deep breath. Yes, there are free speech issues but there are also technical issues which make the current situation difficult to maintain. I’ve tried to explain the subject in a reasonably non-technical way at my blog:
I can see it happening… it’s the only medium they don’t have complete control of..I can’t believe they let it go on this long.
The point was made there are free speech issues…BUT I am guessing they would say you have a right to free speech, not free typing..TALK all you want….but there is no constitutional right to free typing…… You might say that is reaching,, but look at their track record …does anyone believe the government gives a shit about free speech?They have pissed on the constitution so many times it has floated away..
We all know big business and our government are in a never ending brokeback moment.The internet will only survive to the extent it serves them…I think it would be to their advantage to just get rid of everything except the virtual marketplace…no voices to question..government controlled advertising,, so only the companies in their favor can survive,, (guess who wins big there?)…big business will fall all over themselves to stay in politicians good graces, rather then the other way around…politicians are not all dumb, they understand they have milked the American people dry,, and their ever growing needs for funds has them already looking for WHOEVER has money left… who has the most money? Not the “people”…. we can’t give them enough money to fund they campaigns…so how better to turn this around and make business kiss their asses to give them money instead of kissing ass?Government restriction of the internet (on line marketplace)would be perfect… bottom line MONEY… screw people and their pre 911 view (….free speech.. snort)…be very afraid
Nevermind the telcos – the conservatives have already figured out how to censor the internet. I’ve commented before how difficult it is to post on a rightie site. It’s happened again – I don’t know why I bother. It’s frustrating – but that’s probably the point. Michelle Malkin has started a new blog site called “Hot Air”. How appropriate. Michelle doesn’t allow comments on her michellemalkin site though she does accept e-mails, which she has no problem publicizing when it suits her needs, ‘see what those nasty liberals said about me and my family, waah-waah’.
I wanted to respond to a story about accused CIA leaker Mary McCarthy posted by Allahpundit on hotair. I jumped through all the hoops required by the righties to sign-up, spent fifteen minutes carefully crafting my message so as not to draw the wingnut ire (an impossible feat I know), and hit the submit button. ‘Lo and behold, no post. Re-checked my password, signed in again, re-typed my message, and hit the submit button again. Guess what? Funny, three comments have appeared since I tried to post mine. I’m convinced I’m on some kind of conservative e-mail blacklist. Maybe I’ll use another e-mail address and make up a conservative profile – gag. I know I shouldn’t bother – but now it’s a matter of principle.
The telcos have nothing on Michelle!
Thanks, Barbara. This has been on my mind for a long time; I just didn’t guess how real my fears might be.
MoveOn sent a petition yesterday to sign and send to your congress person. I signed and forwarded to friends. The subject was Save The Internet.
The Internet is the last frontier.
No one said that it was going to be closed and that’s not the subject. It is that BIG corporations are trying to get a piece of the pie as in fee and control over what we will be able to access.
Go to MoveOn and sign the petition and pass the word.
Also, let’s not forget that Dick’s daughter, Mary Cheney, works for AOL as a marketing person. She will attempt to turn AOL into her Daddy’s Halliburton.
People need an outlet. And to made to feel important in a corporate state which dominates them. MySpace is great in that regard.
As far as Illegal downloads, downloading of anykind, or starting your own server are concerned, (the thing which made and still makes the internet great) nationwide firewalls will put a quick stop to that. To open a port besides an Http, companies will start to charge 5000 dollars a month. Penn State University has already done something like this.
Bottom line is that it’s all about corporate greed. My understanding is that ISPs are lobbying to allow themselves to charge money to websites to load pages faster and run more efficiently for their users. Which is of course unfair to any website that does not have the funds to pay all the ISPs for most favored website status or whatever. But it’s like AOL wanting anyone who sends out bulk email to pay a fee to AOL to be able to bypass the spam filter. No More Mr. Nice Guy has a point, but I’m sure a system of websites paying to get preference from ISPs will become corrupt real fast. (Like ISPs aren’t making enough money as it is. My internet bill is ridiculous.)
Yikes. Now what are they up to?
But now I understand what my youngest meant this morning, when he called over his shoulder from the computer before dashing off to catch the bus to college, “I’m saving the internet today, Mom.”
“That’s nice, honey… what?”
Thanks for being on top of this, Moveon and Maha!
(I wasn’t able to access the video, however.)
Nobody’s going to close the Internet – let’s all take a deep breath. Yes, there are free speech issues but there are also technical issues which make the current situation difficult to maintain. I’ve tried to explain the subject in a reasonably non-technical way at my blog:
http://www.nmmng.co.uk/art.php?id=444d8573
I can see it happening… it’s the only medium they don’t have complete control of..I can’t believe they let it go on this long.
The point was made there are free speech issues…BUT I am guessing they would say you have a right to free speech, not free typing..TALK all you want….but there is no constitutional right to free typing…… You might say that is reaching,, but look at their track record …does anyone believe the government gives a shit about free speech?They have pissed on the constitution so many times it has floated away..
We all know big business and our government are in a never ending brokeback moment.The internet will only survive to the extent it serves them…I think it would be to their advantage to just get rid of everything except the virtual marketplace…no voices to question..government controlled advertising,, so only the companies in their favor can survive,, (guess who wins big there?)…big business will fall all over themselves to stay in politicians good graces, rather then the other way around…politicians are not all dumb, they understand they have milked the American people dry,, and their ever growing needs for funds has them already looking for WHOEVER has money left… who has the most money? Not the “people”…. we can’t give them enough money to fund they campaigns…so how better to turn this around and make business kiss their asses to give them money instead of kissing ass?Government restriction of the internet (on line marketplace)would be perfect… bottom line MONEY… screw people and their pre 911 view (….free speech.. snort)…be very afraid
Nevermind the telcos – the conservatives have already figured out how to censor the internet. I’ve commented before how difficult it is to post on a rightie site. It’s happened again – I don’t know why I bother. It’s frustrating – but that’s probably the point. Michelle Malkin has started a new blog site called “Hot Air”. How appropriate. Michelle doesn’t allow comments on her michellemalkin site though she does accept e-mails, which she has no problem publicizing when it suits her needs, ‘see what those nasty liberals said about me and my family, waah-waah’.
I wanted to respond to a story about accused CIA leaker Mary McCarthy posted by Allahpundit on hotair. I jumped through all the hoops required by the righties to sign-up, spent fifteen minutes carefully crafting my message so as not to draw the wingnut ire (an impossible feat I know), and hit the submit button. ‘Lo and behold, no post. Re-checked my password, signed in again, re-typed my message, and hit the submit button again. Guess what? Funny, three comments have appeared since I tried to post mine. I’m convinced I’m on some kind of conservative e-mail blacklist. Maybe I’ll use another e-mail address and make up a conservative profile – gag. I know I shouldn’t bother – but now it’s a matter of principle.
The telcos have nothing on Michelle!
Thanks, Barbara. This has been on my mind for a long time; I just didn’t guess how real my fears might be.
MoveOn sent a petition yesterday to sign and send to your congress person. I signed and forwarded to friends. The subject was Save The Internet.
The Internet is the last frontier.
No one said that it was going to be closed and that’s not the subject. It is that BIG corporations are trying to get a piece of the pie as in fee and control over what we will be able to access.
Go to MoveOn and sign the petition and pass the word.
Also, let’s not forget that Dick’s daughter, Mary Cheney, works for AOL as a marketing person. She will attempt to turn AOL into her Daddy’s Halliburton.
People need an outlet. And to made to feel important in a corporate state which dominates them. MySpace is great in that regard.
As far as Illegal downloads, downloading of anykind, or starting your own server are concerned, (the thing which made and still makes the internet great) nationwide firewalls will put a quick stop to that. To open a port besides an Http, companies will start to charge 5000 dollars a month. Penn State University has already done something like this.
Bottom line is that it’s all about corporate greed. My understanding is that ISPs are lobbying to allow themselves to charge money to websites to load pages faster and run more efficiently for their users. Which is of course unfair to any website that does not have the funds to pay all the ISPs for most favored website status or whatever. But it’s like AOL wanting anyone who sends out bulk email to pay a fee to AOL to be able to bypass the spam filter. No More Mr. Nice Guy has a point, but I’m sure a system of websites paying to get preference from ISPs will become corrupt real fast. (Like ISPs aren’t making enough money as it is. My internet bill is ridiculous.)
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You are making me hungry!!