I think that the appropriate context for internet-in-historical terms is to use the now-obselete category of pamphleteer. People who put out sheets of informat

I think that the appropriate context for internet-in-historical terms is to use the now-obselete category of pamphleteer. People who put out sheets of information ranting about the subject du jour, or perhaps cute cats. It doesn't matter. The freedom to distribute ideas remains the same. The internet as such is another instance of the ability to communicate. In a US perspective, I consider that a "right" to Internet is quite a bit silly. A "right" to communicate is much more profound. If the only communications media we have are Internet-mediated or face-to-face, is the right to communicate - the freedom of speech - entail a right to access the Internet? In that reductio ad absurdum, I think it would. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamphleteer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamphleteer