November 18, 2005

“saving the net from the pipeholders”

Doc Searls says:

It’s pro­bably the lon­gest post I’ve ever put up on the Web. It’s cer­tainly the most impor­tant. And not just to me.

If you care about the inter­net, I would strongly recom­mend you go read Doc’s “Saving The Net From The Pipehol­ders”. And if you have a blog, I would ask you to please help spread the word by lin­king to it. This stuff mat­ters. Thanks.

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3 Responses to ““saving the net from the pipeholders””

  1. AdPulp says:

    Con­tent Crea­tors Beware

    Doc Searls is con­cer­ned about the future of the net. In Linux Jour­nal, he out­li­nes his rea­sons for con­cern. Here’s but a snip­pet: With the purchase and re-animation of AT&T’s remains, the collec­tion of for­mer Baby Bells called SBC will…

  2. The Flack says:

    Epipha­nies

    Searls’s piece “Saving the Net: How to Keep the Carriers from Flushing the Net Down the Tubes,” published this week in Linux Jour­nal, cogently lays out the com­pe­ti­tive for­ces at work to fun­da­men­tally change the Inter­net as we know it today. It is a m…

  3. keith says:

    Hugh:
    This is among your best car­toons yet. Flash should be ille­gal. If only web desig­ners would become marketers.