__/ [ [H]omer ] on Tuesday 27 February 2007 19:36 \__
> Verily I say unto thee, that The Ghost In The Machine spake thusly:
>
>> http://youtube.com/watch?v=8rNg_FVaPek
>>
>> An interesting if inefficient and rather propagandistic and now
>> dated video (11:14) (since it calls for a vote 2006-11-06, which has
>> already happened) that highlights some issues with Net Neutrality
>> and among other things compares it to what happened with the
>> printing press/newspaper and radio system. The phone and cable
>> companies want to charge fees for delivering movies, ultimately
>> creating a largely unidirectional medium, much like newspaper and
>> radio, perhaps, if this hypothesis is correct -- and it certainly
>> looks plausible enough.
>
> Ground Zero: http://www.savetheinternet.com/
>
> Features a more recent video.
>
>> The video doesn't make the point using software, but one could
>> contemplate a similar situation using Microsoft and Linux, or
>> Microsoft/IBM and the PC hardware.
>
> But remember that Microsoft is also invading the broadcasting space,
> and tainting it with proprietary software and closed standards. The
> recent scandal involving the BBC is just one example. How long before
> you *must* use Windows ... just to watch television?
>
>> How free is your speech, really?
>
> Your Freedom of speech is indirectly proportional to the corrupting
> influence of greedy, manipulative corporations.
>
>> And then there's the zombies and the terrorists.
>
> An argument that will inevitably be abused by the corrupt lobbyists.
>
>> We do live in interesting times. Scary times. Frightening times.
>
> Yes.
Absolutely. And the less people talk, the more [corpora|corrup]tion can do
without being caught. Imagine the SCO lawsuit without Groklaw, for example.
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