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Here's where regulation for the internet should start and end: All customers subscribing to internet services should sign a waiver saying they understand that t
by javert 16y ago
Here's where regulation for the internet should start and end: All customers subscribing to internet services should sign a waiver saying they understand that the ISP and US government is not responsible for content on the internet, but that the content creator is and any concerns about content should be addressed to the content creator and not your local government representative.
Why not just teach the US Constitution in school and/or mail a copy of it to all citizens? Your statement follows directly from the following two "premises":
(1) U.S. Constitution.
(2) The Internet is built atop private property.
- anamax 16y ago> The Internet is built atop private property. It's private property which crosses state lines, which is more than you can say for Wickard's wheat. Today there are relatively few constitutional constraints on regulation of interstate commerce.
- ataggart 16y agoFilburn's wheat. Wickard was the Secretary of Agriculture.
- javert 16y agoIs your username a reference to Atlas Shrugged? If so, I'm intrigued; if not, I apologize---I bet you get that a lot.
- javert 16y agoTBH, I need to re-read the constitution; it's been a long time. I think the original meaning has been greatly diluted by invalid re-interpretations over the years. Sometimes I make statements that overlook this, but I need to stop doing that.