On 01/11/2011 11:25 AM, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
I continue to be bewildered by the baseless assertion that one cannot have speak freely on the Internet without owning a domain.
Sure - but lack of a domain name is a handicap. By way of analogy - One can speak freely without owning a TV network (such as Fox News), but it sure makes your voice a lot louder if you have one. Similarly one can speak on the net without a domain name, but that means giving up a lot of decibels in the form of search engine listings, historical persistence, reputation, cross-linkage with other forms of speech/media, control of the message, etc. And by forcing individuals to give up their power of being anonymous with a domain name that one thereby gives greater power to aggregate structures - largely corporations - that can easily launder their identity through any number of intermediaries. It's sort of like stuffing a rag into the mouths of individuals on the internet while giving a megaphone to others. --karl--