Don't look now, but Congress has not one, but two bills under consideration which would regulate copyrighted internet content. The internet is a modern version of the wild wild west, the last bastion of American life not regulated by the government.
The global online communications superhighway is, potentially, the greatest tool the downtrodden masses have ever stumbled across. The internet was evidently the communication tool which precipitated, organized, and facilitated the success of the Arab Spring; what might the internet accomplish next in terms of human liberation?
It seems unlikely that the 200 or so nations of the world will ever be able to agree on comprehensive, global internet regulation. If we can just keep the U.S. government at bay, the internet may last far longer than the wild wild west.
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