Posted on 06/30/2019 9:06:59 AM PDT by amorphous
Humanity has been contemptuously used by vast digital empires. Thus it is now necessary to replace these empires with decentralized networks of independent individuals, as in the first decades of the Internet. As our participation has been voluntary, no one doubts our right to take this step. But if we are to persuade as many people as possible to join together and make reformed networks possible, we should declare our reasons for wanting to replace the old.
We declare that we have unalienable digital rights, rights that define how information that we individually own may or may not be treated by others, and that among these rights are free speech, privacy, and security. Since the proprietary, centralized architecture of the Internet at present has induced most of us to abandon these rights, however reluctantly or cynically, we ought to demand a new system that respects them properly. The difficulty and divisiveness of wholesale reform means that this task is not to be undertaken lightly. For years we have approved of and even celebrated enterprise as it has profited from our communication and labor without compensation to us. But it has become abundantly clear more recently that a callous, secretive, controlling, and exploitative animus guides the centralized networks of the Internet and the corporations behind them.
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To the best of my knowledge, I was first described as co-founder of Wikipedia back in September 2001 by The New York Times. That was also my description in Wikipedia’s own press releases from 2002 until 2004. With my increasing distance from the project, and as it grew in the public eye, however, some of those associated with the project have found it convenient to downplay and even deny my crucial, formative involvement. In fact, in the early years of the project, my role as co-founder was not in dispute at all. These links have come to light, and they should dispel much of the confusion.
Its a blog. Post it all and put it in blogs or general chat
If the 2nd Amendment doesn’t protect “assault weapons” and “high-capacity clips” (because the Founding Fathers ostensibly couldn’t have conceived of them) then neither does the 1st Amendment protect the electrostatic printing press or broadcast or digital media.
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My thought at the time was that it fell under Activism.
You certainly have a point, in the practical sense, however the argument it does is reasonable and strong.
It’s a blog
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