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Net neutrality according to the guy who invited the Web

June 26, 2006 - 12:00pm — yelvington

Tim Berners-Lee has this to say about net neutrality and why it's important:

"When I invented the Web, I didn't have to ask anyone's permission. Now, hundreds of millions of people are using it freely. I am worried that that is going end in the USA. ...

"Control of information is hugely powerful. In the US, the threat is that companies control what I can access for commercial reasons. (In China, control is by the government for political reasons.) There is a very strong short-term incentive for a company to grab control of TV distribution over the Internet even though it is against the long-term interests of the industry."

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