As I understand it, the government owns a portion of the internet. What
Yes. And through my work's upcoming link, so will they. So what?
they want to regulate about that is their business. What I want to know
On their own networks, surely.
is how can they regulate what private business and citizen's do with there Fiber Optic's, ISDN lines, telephone lines, and computers. If the
They already do - look at the regulations on telcos, power companies, water companies, cellular/paging companies, lawyers, doctors, etc.
government was to ban anything on the net, it would shurly seem to me to be in violation of the first ammenment. Things like pirated software,
An interesting point. Any legal views from someone more versed in the law than I? -jon ( --------[ Jonathan D. Cooper ]--------[ entropy@intnet.net ]-------- ) ( PGP 2.6.2 keyprint: 31 50 8F 82 B9 79 ED C4 5B 12 A0 35 E0 9B C0 01 ) ( home page: http://taz.hyperreal.com/~entropy/ ]---[ Key-ID: 4082CCB5 )