Terrence J Kosick on Mon, 19 Jun 2000 15:43:03 +0200 (CEST) |
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[Nettime-bold] Re: <nettime> The role of government in the development of the Internet |
Terrence writes; The government can play a role of keeping its own and not allowing corporations and intrusive kinds of market forces dictate the development of the net. Government control could wisely extend to the net as far as it can control corporate intrusion. The industry, politics, legislators and copyright associations are beginning to extend their monopolies to maintain control on the internet inflicting their wills on the free use of this communication space. It is the use of unfair powers that are the dark part of the net and is a threat to the many thousands of people and small businesses whose indefensible minds and voices are reaching out while they are being drowned out by the din of intruding corporate market forces. The social and economic impowerment of the independent peoples are cultured by this communication environment. If anything we need to be protected by the stripmining corporations who's greedy intent have little regard for individual freedoms and treat the presence of people on the internet like datum to be captured like fish in their marketing nets. This is a decidedly universally democratic place that like any uncharted legal landmass should be left to govern itself, that will, like the people who use it, flourish without the antagonisms and selfseving wills of the few whose greater access to power threaten to trample the voices of the free. If any government is to represent its people then it will legislate limits on corporations whose size and access to legal powers can affect the virtual rights and freedoms of netizens whose minds know no borders and should not respond to the flagrant use of power of any corporation, any goverment or any body of law. terrence kosick artnatural > _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list Nettime-bold@nettime.org http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold