The internet has a public reputation as being open and free. This has never been the case. You've always had to charge for access and you've always been in dang

The internet has a public reputation as being open and free. This has never been the case. You've always had to charge for access and you've always been in danger of having your content taken down at somebody else's discretion. It used to be taken care of by your hosting company or your ISP. Now it's taken care of by Facebook, Twitter and Hacker News.