We do not understand all of this or even most of it. i just was told that it "basically boils down to if this COPE thing goes thru that a handful of companies would "own" the internet in the US so only those companies that they let you visit would be available on the net in the US."
Wrecking the Internet: Turning Gold into Lead (by Robert Storey)
http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20060508#opinion Then today there is this"
Scroll down to Selling Grandma to the Glue Factory (by Robert Storey)
http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20060515#news For people who say this isnt likely to happen, i was told it almost already got slammed through congress in the US. i dont see how this is possible except that the public doesnt know what the hell is going on so id say paste this as many places as you can think of.
http://savetheinternet.com/