THE spirit of freedom created by the internet revolution of the mid-1990s was truly inspiring. Usenet newsgroups and the World Wide Web created wholly new forums in which people could express their views. Here was a place where ideas could be exchanged freely and cheaply around the globe.
Those pioneering day have gone, and with them some of the new-found freedoms. The late 1990s saw action by copyright holders, libel lawyers and even governments to place limits on just how much “free flow of information” is acceptable. The web quickly became subject to many of the constraints that apply to…
