Death of Internet Predicted: Film at 11

Remik writes "The Register has a piece analyzing several threads of Lawrence Lessig's blog, and concluding that the Internet as we know it is dying. For anyone who reads the majority of YRO posts, Lessig's blog is one of the most important sites on the net." Another submitter summed it up well: 'Lessig is predicting that the days of the Commons of the Internet are over, and that as a result of FCC deregulation, the concentration of digital rights in the hands of just a few large media companies will kill the internet for good. Even former FOX and Vivendi executive Barry Diller has criticised the move.' We joke, but there are large elements of truth to Lessig's dour predictions.

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Re:Correction..

[Bendy Chief]

I don't mean to sound too critical of your opinion here, but if we ditched American DNS servers, American registrars, American backbones, American routers, etc, etc, just how much would there be left of the Internet?

There'd be Nigerian bankers, Taiwanese spam relays, Korean battle.net servers, the Chinese firewall, and what else? ;)

A bit of an ego here.

[Blackknight]

Lessig's blog is one of the most important sites on the net.

It is? Please get over yourself.