This thread scares the f*ck out of me. The internet used to be the last truly free place to share and exchange ideas. Once information is owned and controlled, we lose the very last hope for any kind of freedom. Today, with large modern military might, the citizens have no chance of standing up to modern governments and defending themselves with weapons (see Iraq and Afghanistan). The only uprisings possible must stem from ideas, information, and technology. The only real freedom we have is through technology and information....through the internet. Now they are trying to take that from us. While this will certainly not be the end of the internet. It is a very dangerous step in the wrong direction. We lose a very real piece of freedom with this. 2+2 is about to equal 5