Erstellt am: 22. 11. 2010 - 09:55 Uhr
Today's Webtip: Save the Web!
Interesting times indeed. We are in the middle of them. Unfortunatley some of the things that make them interesting aren't the same thing that make a freedom loving, free speech enjoying, media and communications activist happy.
The free and open internet has been an amazing thing, it's revolutionized so many aspects of our lives that it's nearly impossible to imagine life without it. It's also revolutionized a few things that commercial and political interests liked just fine. And that means the current situation might not last.
The pressures from big business and government are increasing. Open access has made it easy to get around the ancient barriers that used to make media access a rare good indeed.
Why that might be a good thing to keep is explained in a long and interesting article by Tim Berners Lee.