At some point people need to stop treating the web as something distinctly separate from the rest of human life. If a huge majority of business interaction is

At some point people need to stop treating the web as something distinctly separate from the rest of human life. If a huge majority of business interaction is conducted on-line it is not e-business but just business. If you are socialising with friends on-line it is not social networking or IM, it is just socialising. Basic protections existed in law before the web and they should still exist now. That means that piracy is unlawful, but so is spying without a warrant. The web is just a set of protocols and does not have unique set of protections or privileges for anyone. Problems should be addressed by modifying the protocols in an open way.