Greg writes an interesting bit about the discrepancy between telco and cable regulation and what it means — or at least what Lawrence Lessig thinks it means — to the future of information flow and open content on the Internet. The same spirit of innovation that fueled the Internet revolution now faces the very real threat of complete strangulation by the companies that benefitted largely from the hard work and investment (in time and dollars) by academics and the U.S. government.
Of course, Joe and Suzy Public don’t have any idea whence their online shopping experience arose, so as long as they can still visit WalMart.com, does anyone care? How do we wake up the Ignorant Masses?