[10071] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: COPYRIGHTS/BENDER
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Peter Deutsch)
Sat Feb 5 18:30:33 1994
From: Peter Deutsch <peterd@bunyip.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 1994 18:15:48 -0500
In-Reply-To: Peter Deutsch's message as of Feb 5, 17:55
To: CFMSKI@delphi.com, com-priv@psi.com
Ooops...
[ I wrote: ]
. . .
> Now, certainly is a potential problem in that it is harder
> to offer a free service to 60 million than it is to
> 20,000, but the time is long past when it was feasible for
> _anyone_ to offer a service to the entire Internet.
<Blush> Of course I meant to say something closer to "the
time is long past when it was feasible for _anyone_ to
offer a free service to the entire Internet from a single
host at no charge" etcetcetc. I of course think the time
is finally here when people can do this on a commercial
basis and this is a "Good Thing <tm>".
Sorry for any further confusion...
- peterd
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My proposal for funding the Internet is pretty simple. I vote we institute
an "Information Superhighway" tax, the proceeds of which will be used to
fund network infrastructure. The way this would work is simple - every time
someone uses the words "Information Superhighway" or any of its derivatives
we strike them with a sharp object and make them pay a $10 fee (of course,
the sharp object is not actually needed to make this scheme work, it's just
in there because it seems an appropriate thing to do...)
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