Posted on 11/10/2005 4:52:51 PM PST by kerrywearsbotox
CHICAGO, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The Wild West ethos that animated the Internet during its first decade of commercial popularity is being tamed through litigation, experts tell United Press International's The Web.
This week the controversial peer-to-peer file-sharing service Grokster Inc. announced a settlement with the music industry, and its Korean counterpart, Seoul-based Soribada, completely shuttered its service.
(Excerpt) Read more at upi.com ...
I'm so glad I was on the net in its prime. The memories of 96-02 will last a lifetime.
Just wait 'til the UN gets their hands on it.
I hope the government doesn't ruin the internet. But it will.
I think 2000 was the high-water point for the internet. There was a little while where it was like having something in your house that you shouldn't have, but was just too fun and interesting to get rid of.
Oh well. They eventually fenced in the great plains too, progress marches forward. It will be interesting to look back in 50 years at all the rhetoric that was blowing around when the web got started. It was going to CHANGE THE WORLD!
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