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Originally Posted by stonetools
Once the Atlantic was an open sea, in which every captain of a ship did what was right in his eyes, and piracy flourished. Once the Atlantic sea routes became central to international commerce, the world's navies hunted down the pirates and established the rule of law across the Atlantic. I expect the same will happen as the Internet becomes more and more important to world commerce.
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Piracy might have been right in an individual captain's eyes but was it RIGHT?
The internet was built to be open, with the belief that the sharing of information is RIGHT.
Internet 2.0 could go either way of course, built to be closed or open.