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Digital Robber Barons? (NY Times)
The New York Times looks at how
high-speed internet access is becoming subject to the moral equivalent
of robber baron business practices. "Until recently, the Internet
seemed the very embodiment of the free-market ideal ? a place where
thousands of service providers competed, where anyone could visit any
site. And the tech sector was a fertile breeding ground for libertarian
ideology, with many techies asserting that they needed neither help nor
regulation from Washington." (Registration Required) Thanks to
Thomas Blankenhorn
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Digital Robber Barons? (NY Times) Posted Dec 6, 2002 22:42 UTC (Fri) by rknop (guest, #66) [Link] Gotta love the FCC -- *not* regulating where it helps various industries have maximum control over individuals (i.e. in the case of telecommunications monopolies and access), but *excessively* regulating in the case where *that* helps industries have maximum control over individuals (i.e. broadcast flag).-Rob
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