[10122] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: If Orson Welles were only alive...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Peter Deutsch)
Tue Feb 8 10:30:08 1994
From: Peter Deutsch <peterd@bunyip.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 1994 10:14:37 -0500
In-Reply-To: Tom Fitzgerald's message as of Feb 7, 21:02
To: Tom Fitzgerald <fitz@wang.com>
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
[ You wrote: ]
. . .
> > Now even given that Americans seem pathilogically obsessed with suing each
> > other, this seems a little hard for me to accept.
>
> Probably so, but a minor variation makes it a lot more likely.
[* details of hackers subscribing ommitted *]
This seems plausible. There is probably an argument for a formal body
to take on the role of list manager, both so they can
supply adequate legal counsel and set up a fire-wall
between disgruntled individuals and participants. I
understand that one of the arguments for ISOC taking on
administrative responsibility for the IETF was to perform
this role.
<Sigh...>
- 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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