War On The Net

Pardon my Conspiracy Theory....

This is a bit of pun, representing attacks on the Internet and/or the Network Economy (or SmallWorld) by denizens of the Status Quo: BigWorld. Culture War contra the Declaration Of The Independence Of Cyberspace.

Getting Hotter because of the Economic Transition?

Pro-Net

• EFF
• Internet Defense League, Fight For The Future, Demand Progress

What is each side's Grand Strategy?

The game was already rigged: 2010-07-23-CarsonMakeRealFreeEnterprise (and Oligarchy).

Other cases:

• 2009-04-23-TimeWarnerFightingNcMuniBroadband

• 2010-07-15-GovtVsPrivateFoodClubs - compare to 2009-10-10-BeefInspectionFlaws

• 2010-07-29-TeachersUnionVsVirtualSchools and 2008-07-15-ObamaAntiSchoolVoucher

• 2010-08-05-GoogleVerizonNonNeutralityDeal

• 2010-08-23-WikileaksRapeCharge

• COICA

• having an Analog Tv Spectrum Auction instead of an OpenNet

• Economic Stimulus focused on channeling tax dollars (current and future) into HighWay maintenance instead of any useful investment.

Other notes:

• 2010-09-01-LewisStraussWinterTurning

• 2010-08-30-RobbD2LongEmergency

I don't think we can count on a rich billionaire making a Daemon, so we'll have to build our own Dark Net...

Apr'2012 updates

• SOPA
• 2012-03-12-PrivacyAndFederationLinksToday
• CISPA
• 2012-04-14-GrossWarOnTheNet MichaelJosephGross article

And 2013: Copyright Alert System, PRISM, SWAT...