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May 14th is the official deadline for cable modem companies, DSL providers, broadband over powerline, satellite internet companies and some universities to finish wiring up their networks with FBI-friendly surveillance gear, to comply with the FCC's expanded interpretation of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act.
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Let us consider how we get access today. We have long been used to buy internet access from companies or, for some "lucky" few, academics and such. If we are to have a word to say on this network we need to own at least some part of it in some way. In this sense, I'm not saying no commercial entity can exist, to the contrary, just the fact that in residential areas, for example, we should either own our networks and manage them democratically or have a strong sets of rules to protect the users. An internet bill of right in some way... Producing content is no guarantee of ownership of this content as we regularly see in web's site agreements. An infrastructure for and by the people must be put in place so people's choice of licenses on content they produce can have some value.

In this serie of articles i will try to explore many aspects and impact of the net decentralized architecture. How it emerged, where it's going, how we can react... In a more exploratory way, i'll look at what can we dream of for the future as we progress toward that goal.

For the lucky few who were able to witness the growth of the web from it's infancy it has been a bumpy ride with it's highs and lows. Overall it has been a very pleasant experience, linking people from all over the globe to form new and unprecedented projects. But in the late 1990 came the big players following the newly formed crowds of netizens.