Recent quotes:
In a statement, Amelia Anderdotter, the Swedish member of the European Parliament (MEP) who heads up the Pirate faction in the European Parliament, said:
“Thankfully, a majority of MEPs has seen sense today and voted to uphold the principle of net neutrality in the EU. The proposals by the Commission, which would essentially have given large providers the all-clear for discriminating against users as they see fit, have been revised. Today’s vote would explicitly provide for net neutrality and will hopefully ensure a level playing field for all online services and users, providing for a more open internet environment in which innovation is encouraged.”
U.S. officials announced plans Friday to relinquish federal government control over the administration of the Internet, a move likely to please international critics but alarm some business leaders and others who rely on smooth functioning of the Web.
Pressure to let go of the final vestiges of U.S. authority over the system of Web addresses and domain names that organize the Internet has been building for more than a decade and was supercharged by the backlash to revelations about National Security Agency surveillance last year.
Además, Berners-Lee subrayó la necesidad de trabajar para limitar la influencia de las autoridades sobre la Red global. Y en este contexto reiteró la necesidad de proteger a los informantes como Edward Snowden, que reveló información vulnerable, “ya que tienen este rol en la sociedad”.
Pero aún más, señaló la importancia de los piratas informáticos. “Esta es una cultura muy especial, es importante que la comunidad de ‘geeks’ se responsabilice y piense lo que puede hacer. Necesitamos nuevas voces que sean capaces de resistir al Gobierno”, enfatizó.
The Internet Age was meant to change everything - internationalism, commerce, journalism, government - all would be transformed, made equal and boundless by the click. It's time to admit this has simply failed to happen, and what is more interesting than the bad forecasting is the reason that they seemed so tempting in the first place. (This is the text of a lecture delivered in Sydney in December 2011) In the 1990s, leading experts, politicians, public officials, business leaders and journalists predicted that the internet would transform the world.