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Originally Posted by Chula Vista
I think you are overreacting. This was much more about the commerce aspect of things.
There has to be "some" level of control over the content available but we can't let big money decide what's going to free, what's going to cost a nickel, and what's going to cost a CC number.
The opposite of this ruling would have been devastating to the majority IMO.
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I agree that I prefer this outcome over the alternative, but in the long run government control can be insidious and not to be underestimated. The Law of Unintended Consequences is no joke. Just look at the Middle East.
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Originally Posted by Urban Hat€monger ?
While I can see this is a good thing I still don't like it that with pretty much because of all the big companies being based in the U.S. basically one country can hold the world ransom to get to decide how the internet is run.
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*shrug*
It is what it is. America's influence on the rest of the world is just a reality. You're perfectly entitled and correct to complain about it, but in the end it's just a fact of life. We can only hope that in the future that developing spheres of influence throughout the world, like the European Union and whatever becomes of China and Japan's fight over control of Asia manage to create power blocs that can neutralize America's stranglehold to some extent.