This is completely wrong. Site administrators can put any controls they want in place to limit access. I don't know where you get the idea that things on the In

This is completely wrong. Site administrators can put any controls they want in place to limit access. I don't know where you get the idea that things on the Internet need to be publicly available or without restriction. Unless you're an original ARPANET contributor, there have always been attempts to control access and stop attacks. You're making the same mistake every conservative does. Longing for a nostalgia that never existed.