[palmer]

That's all true. The internet-hacker cowboy will get pushed underground. But the other disappearing type will be the internet geeks who still run usenet, run the root servers, run the thousands of websites related to internet infrastructure at places like AT&T labs, the former Bell labs, and new places like Google. They will be exiled and replaced with MBAs to monetize everything.

As for the underground, that will always be there and there will be people who make it easier for ordinary folks to access it. But it will be messy and you will be accessing what you want from the same server that serves up illicit trash.

[Reily]

Yes I agree!

It also may reduce the “value” of the big Internet companies. If it does I will laugh & yell ‘Schadenfreude!’