>> Some hard facts reinforcing these statements and specific targets would
>> be welcome. Otherwise it's too broad and too vague an agenda to be
>> taken seriously.
Hi Raj,
Here are some examples..it doesnt really cover all the aspects of what
we have written in the open letter, but should give an idea of what we
are talking about. Will mail more soon..
“Chances are
that as you read this article, it is passing over part of AT&T's network.
That matters, because last week AT&T announced that it is seriously
considering plans to examine
all the traffic it carries for potential violations of U.S. intellectual
property laws. The prospect of AT&T, already accused of spying on our
telephone calls, now scanning every e-mail
and download for outlawed content is way too totalitarian for my tastes.”
(Prof Tim Wu)
http://www.slate.com/id/2182152
And another one about Google becoming perhaps the world’s most powerful
gatekeeper about what people and see nd hear and what not.
“ Some critics worried that free speech in America was threatened less
by government suppression than by editorial decisions made by the
handful of private mass-media corporations like NBC and CBS that
disproportionately controlled public discourse. …..”
“Today the Web might seem like a free-speech panacea: it has given
anyone with Internet access the potential to reach a global audience.
But though technology enthusiasts often celebrate the raucous explosion
of Web speech, there is less focus on how the Internet is actually
regulated, and by whom. As more and more speech migrates online, to
blogs and social-networking sites and the like, the ultimate power to
decide who has an opportunity to be heard, and what we may say, lies
increasingly with Internet service providers, search engines and other
Internet companies like Google, Yahoo, AOL, Facebook and even eBay.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/magazine/30google-t.html?ex=1385614800&en=f64b269f4412d488&ei=5124&partner=facebook&exprod=facebook
The most powerful and protean of these Internet gatekeepers is, of
course, Google. With control of 63 percent of the world’s Internet
searches, as well as ownership of YouTube, Google has enormous influence
over who can find an audience on the Web around the world.”
Vinay Sreenivasa
IT for Change
91-98805-95032
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://itforchange.net
http://india.is-watch.net/
http://is-watch.net
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