Comments on: Internet Bill of Rights? http://thefourthplace.net/blog/2007/09/06/internet-bill-of-rights/ a space to think Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:36:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: simon http://thefourthplace.net/blog/2007/09/06/internet-bill-of-rights/#comment-52 simon Sun, 23 Sep 2007 13:59:44 +0000 http://thefourthplace.net/blog/2007/09/06/internet-bill-of-rights/#comment-52 Doesn't that allow for a state wide ban on privately useless activity whether or not it is publicly beneficial? Like, I dunno, checking facebook... Also, who decides what is privately beneficial and publicly detrimental? Strong limits on the actions of Government coupled with a cheap and flexible system of justice (common law? torts?) accessible to any individual or group who has been harmed is enough. These seem like simple things to achieve, but I fear we have neither right now. Doesn’t that allow for a state wide ban on privately useless activity whether or not it is publicly beneficial? Like, I dunno, checking facebook…

Also, who decides what is privately beneficial and publicly detrimental?

Strong limits on the actions of Government coupled with a cheap and flexible system of justice (common law? torts?) accessible to any individual or group who has been harmed is enough. These seem like simple things to achieve, but I fear we have neither right now.

]]> By: Flotsam http://thefourthplace.net/blog/2007/09/06/internet-bill-of-rights/#comment-51 Flotsam Sun, 23 Sep 2007 13:51:05 +0000 http://thefourthplace.net/blog/2007/09/06/internet-bill-of-rights/#comment-51 Or as Karl Auerbach put it: "Every person shall be free to use the Internet in any way that is privately beneficial without being publicly detrimental" Or as Karl Auerbach put it: “Every person shall be free to use the Internet in any way that is privately beneficial without being publicly detrimental”

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