Scary. (Score 1)

The implications of this are staggeringly frightening. Honestly, though, it all seems to boil down to the idea that governments (ie, the US) that believe they are the most important country - or the only country - on the planet (ie, the US) can't grasp the idea of the net.

It's probably believed that the net is a vehicle for commercial messages, just like TV, and that protecting commercial interests is the most important thing. To you and I, of course, it's hogwash. (I'm curious as to how many senators and representatives in Congress truly understand the idea of the net....)

I would imagine that the net could get around the MPAA, but at what price? Will it happen after a myriad laws have been passed, prohibiting such basic things as fair use?

That scares me. Information should be free.

Paul...sigless