Comment Lessig (Score 1) 406
Technically, this would be intractable. You couldn't display a banner on every web page without knowing what was a web page and what wasn't. You couldn't display an ad in people's browsers without forcing them to use certain browsers. Both of these things are impossible in the current state of the network.
Certainly, it would be possible to allow access to only the web, using a special "access method" with the browser. But then things I use the internet for wouldn't be possible: i.e. ssh.
But let us learn from Lawrence Lessig. The minute this kind of thing becomes possible, on all levels of the network (not just WWW browsing), innovation dies. The network can now discriminate content, and that's against the very essence of it. Hopefully, this will never be possible.
Luke
Certainly, it would be possible to allow access to only the web, using a special "access method" with the browser. But then things I use the internet for wouldn't be possible: i.e. ssh.
But let us learn from Lawrence Lessig. The minute this kind of thing becomes possible, on all levels of the network (not just WWW browsing), innovation dies. The network can now discriminate content, and that's against the very essence of it. Hopefully, this will never be possible.
Luke
