"We control the vertical... We control the horizontal..."

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Mary Anne — 10/25/2005 4:20:27 PM (archived)

Whoever controls the medium also has control over the message.

The US has a history and a legal structure of not caring as much about the message as long as there's variety. Other nations have different approaches.

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Who should be in charge of the internet? - Mary Anne - 10/24/2005 2:09:21 AM
- ALGORE - carl - 10/26/2005 1:32:51 PM
- Don't ask me... - FrankC - 10/25/2005 8:15:19 PM
- The question I would ask... - Tom Brosz - 10/24/2005 8:54:22 PM
  - The answer I would give... - Mary Anne - 10/25/2005 4:44:33 PM
  - And the answer is: money - Fox - 10/25/2005 3:58:04 PM
    - Maybe the EU wants control... - Lee - 10/25/2005 7:18:10 PM
    - User fees - Mary Anne - 10/25/2005 4:50:29 PM
      - re: User fees - Fox - 10/25/2005 9:44:26 PM
- Perhaps they should follow the Galileo model - Larry J - 10/24/2005 3:29:49 PM
  - Such a solution would provide an interesting variety of structures. - Mary Anne - 10/25/2005 4:40:14 PM
- As long as we have nearly zero control over content... - R.L. - 10/24/2005 11:39:03 AM
  - "We control the vertical... We control the horizontal..." - Mary Anne - 10/25/2005 4:20:27 PM
  - Would you like to have Iran in control over content? - Eri - 10/24/2005 6:06:50 PM
    - Some day the Internet will be controlled by... - LJK - 10/26/2005 2:20:47 PM

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