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Tuesday May 23, 2006
Feel the power of the dark side, Luke
Web inventor and possible Jedi master, Tim Berners-Lee, has warned about the coming of a 'dark period' for the internet if the US is allowed to create a two-tiered internet.
This has been bubbling under for a while, so it's nice to see some public coverage. Essentially the idea is to allow the rich to gain a better service, whilst reducing the service provided to those who can't pay.
I don't think there is much that needs to be said to explain just how horrible this possible future would be, one of the best things about the internet is the way it acted as an open model, a level playing field.
Recent actions of formerly 'good' Google to restrict Chinese access to content, the growing use of geographic limits on browsing (such as on abc.com's tv downloads) and AOL's spam-happy practices all show the United States striving ahead in the battle to crush the soul of the internet. We can only hope they don't succeed.
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