The internet was cobbled together by the D.o'D. with the aid of a lot of independence oriented engineers and scientists. Since its inception it's been the favorite of the most educated, although since Al Gore opened the way to its commercialization many of us feel it's gone downhill. When the Company comes to town that's inevitable.
Net neutrality has been central to keeping the wilds of cyberspace open.
But the banksters don't like it.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - If the global recession has made companies focus on business plans with solid financial returns, the Internet remains its own autonomous trade zone, free from the reach of the standard rules.
Executives from the world's top technology and media companies convened near San Diego last week to discuss the future of their businesses and to tout new products that make the Internet more social and more mobile.
But from Hulu.com to Twitter to Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O), the heady talk of new Web technology and innovation was matched by the continuing inability by many of the industry's leaders to make money from their creations, no matter how popular.
"The consumer is deciding where they're going to spend their time, now we've got to figure out what the monetization model is," said Raj Kapoor, a managing director at the Mayfield Fund venture capital firm, who attended the All Things Digital conference...
The problem being of course the hardened denizens of cyberspace refuse to consume what the ad men push. Ignoring the ads. Making shareware to block pop-ups and site redirection. Writing their own code. Forming and debating and independently assessing information and opinions without the guidence of the main$tream.
Many of us prefer the label citizens to consumers and there lies the rub.
The banksters have sewn up the stealing the goose from off the common, but without pay-per-click they can not steal the common from the goose.
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