Al Franken at SXSW: ‘They're coming after the Internet’

[think]

U.S. Senator Al Franken is sounding the alarm that big companies are trying to destroy the internet as we know it:

Al Franken: ‘They're coming after the Internet’
By MIKE ZAPLER | 3/14/11 1:43 PM EDT

AUSTIN, Texas — Sen. Al Franken claimed Monday that big corporations are "hoping to destroy" the Internet and issued a call to arms to several hundred tech-savvy South by Southwest attendees to preserve net neutrality.

"I came here to warn you, the party may be over," Franken said. "They're coming after the Internet hoping to destroy the very thing that makes it such an important [medium] for independent artists and entrepreneurs: its openness and freedom.”

Net neutrality, he added, is "the First Amendment issue of our time."....

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[katherine]

Do governments count as 'big companies' as well ?

[think]

Do governments count as 'big companies' as well ?

Generally here in the States, the government, more specifically politicians, are the shills that pave the way for big companies that back their campaigns and provide them nice cushy jobs when they leave Washington. So I guess my answer is parts of the government are already part of these big companies......