[thelist] [OFF] The wonders of the private sector

>I don't buy the part about government regulation making the Internet
>possible. The initial implementation, yes, kudos to the Feds. But the
>government could never have developed the Internet as it exists today.


Right, since the commmercialization of the Internet the private sector 
has given us: spam, banner ads, porn sites, tracking and profiling 
capabilities that would make Big Brother blush, efforts to balkanize the 
web (i.e. the recent furor over iCrave and the push to have territorial 
filtering), UNCITA, the Digital Millinium CopyRight Act, blinking text, 
punch the monkey, uh...have I forgot any other wonders?

Scott Johnson