“The idea is to protect this happy state of affairs from those who would infringe on it, be they corporate monopolists, or governments.”
Good intentions. The problem is that once the government starts regulating, they never stop, and all power over the net will end up in politicians’ hands.
That will eventually happen anyway, but I’d rather see it delayed as much as possible.
The government's been regulating the Internet for years. Hell, they CREATED IT! The camel's nose analogy is false.