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The Web is Not Public.But maybe It Should be or maybe Not

Mark Oehlert

Isn't there always some kind of central square in a mall where either Santa sits or performances take place? It rides on commercial pipes owned by for-profit companies and we are largely at their whim. Second Life/Linden Lab is really just a Web-hosting company that lives in San Fran. Benches to sit on? No freedom to assemble.

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