It Just Gets Worse

There are no limits to the dreams of a censor. The only limit is the abiltity to enforce the censor's edicts. The internet represented a burst of freedom that is now being dragged under the jackboot as censors everywhere develop their regulatory schemes. The funny thing is that the world hasn't descenden into perverted chaos in the meantime.

The fact that the interenet has grown organically, initially using existing technology means that it is not owned by governments or corporations. However, both of these pernicious forces are scheming to colonise the internet and use it as instrument to enforce their will or as a source of private taxation.

The link above shows the irrational shameless scheming of Senator Conroy as he seeks more and better ways to follow the lead of the Chinese and other tyrants in censoring the internet, all in the name of protecting us from ourselves.

The net neutrality debate is an example of corporate interests seeking to colonise the internet for profit, essentially by prioritisng traffic that produces profit, and relgating or banning traffic which chews bandwidth, such as Skype or bittorrents.