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Re: fencing the commons

From: Simon Spero <ses AT ibiblio.org>
To: InterNetWorkers <internetworkers AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: fencing the commons
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 10:50:23 -0400 (EDT)

On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Thomas Beckett wrote:

> http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/06/26/locking_up_the_web/index.html
> users are unable to connect with the other's -- a preview of what
> corporate control of access on the Net looks like. Think of how it would

> feel if e-mail worked that way!"

Yeah - imagine what it would be like if AOL users could only send email to
other AOL users, or Compuserve users to other compuservers, or prodigy
users to people on prodigy...

fencing the commons, Thomas Beckett, 06/26/2001
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- Re: fencing the commons, Simon Spero, 06/26/2001