We see the movement in the geopolitical annexation of the Internet, as well. Brasil looking to bypass US network infrastructure, Germany's continuing struggle w

We see the movement in the geopolitical annexation of the Internet, as well. Brasil looking to bypass US network infrastructure, Germany's continuing struggle with loosening GEMA's grip on content, are just more stories in the slow march toward governments learning how to make the net "theirs" instead of leaving it free. Though, obviously, the whole "Let the NGOs in the US guide and manage the world's Internet, we'll be cool and keep our hands off, honest!" argument has been blown to bits as the Internet hasn't really ever been free-and-in-the-open.