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[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m              Conspiracy Nation -- Vol. 7  Num. 81                           [1m[37;41m[40m
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[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                    ("Quid coniuratio est?")                                 [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
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[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mTHE PRIVATIZATION OF THE INTERNET                                            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m=================================                                            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mIn  CN  7.72  the  "Privatization  of  the  Internet"  story  was            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mmentioned.  According to  *The  1996  Project Censored Yearbook*,            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mthe Internet  "was  essentially  sold  last  year.   The  federal            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mgovernment  has  been  gradually transferring the backbone of the            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mU.S. portion of the global  computer network to companies such as            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mIBM and MCI as part of a larger plan to privatize cyberspace."               [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mLet's  see...   We  pay  taxes  out  of  our  pockets;  the  U.S.            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mgovernment uses that money to build the Internet; the  government            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mthen gives the Internet to big corporations; then finally the big            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mcorporations  start  charging  us  more  and  more bucks for them            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mletting us use "their" Internet!                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mThis past week on C-Span they had Ralph Nader speaking to a crowd            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41min an auditorium somewhere.  And one thing that Mr. Nader brought            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mup was how we pay  taxes  that  help keep the universities going;            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mthe universities conduct research on drugs; the  results  of  the            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mresearch  go  to  major  pharmaceutical  giants; then finally the            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mmajor pharmaceutical giants charge  us  big  bucks to use "their"            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mdrugs!                                                                       [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mYesterday,  in the local paper, they had an article about how the            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mUniversity  of  Illinois  has  developed  new  software  they are            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mcalling "Vosaic"; Vosaic, "a name derived from another popular UI            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mproduct, Mosaic -- makes sending  video  across  the  Internet  a            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mbreeze,"  says  Julie Wurth, News-Gazette staff writer.  This new            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mtechnology  is   slated   to   be   marketed   by  Digital  Video            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mCommunications, based in Chicago and Los Angeles.   The  question            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41marises:   since  the  American  people  have  helped pay for this            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41malready, they're not going to have to pay again, are they??                  [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mBut the point I have in this is that old concern of, How are they            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mgoing to shut down free expression on Internet?  They are working            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mat it from  "liberal"  Billy  Clinton's  angle  of his tremendous            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mconcern about "indecency."  Another attack could be  coming  from            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mthe  corporados,  closely aligned with the U.S. government if not            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41min fact the actual puppet masters  of  same.  I see in the May 6,            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m1996 *Newsweek* (p.  12) that, indeed, "[Internet]  Traffic  once            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mcarried  on the backbone has been transferred to private networks            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mowned by  companies  like  MCI  and  Sprint..."   (See  also *The            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mNation*, 07/03/95, "Keeping On-Line Speech Free:  Street  Corners            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41min Cyberspace," by Andrew L. Shapiro.)                                       [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mYou  know  these  corporados:   first  they  give  America  their            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mstunning  architecture  --  McDonalds,  Arbys,  K-Mart,  etc. now            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mblighting the landscape -- and next they give us the shaft.   How            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41msoon  before  they  start charging us for what we've already paid            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mfor?  How soon  before  "some  people"  don't  get  as  good of a            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mconnection to "their" Internet?                                              [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
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[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mAperi os tuum muto, et causis omnium filiorum qui pertranseunt.              [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mAperi os tuum, decerne quod justum est, et judica inopem et                  [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m  pauperem.                    -- Liber Proverbiorum  XXXI: 8-9              [1m[37;41m[40m
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