Like I'm fond of saying...

...'Big Brother' cannot help but find new and ingenius ways to ruin things for everyone.

Say no to Big Brother plan for Internet - by Michael Geist

(excerpt) The Internet has become so essential to the every day lives of millions of people — a pillar of communication, information, entertainment, education, and commerce — that at times it seems as if the Internet really is anything we want it to be. Notwithstanding the Internet's remarkable potential, there are dark clouds on the horizon. There are some who see a very different Internet. Theirs is an Internet with ubiquitous surveillance featuring real-time capabilities to monitor online activities. It is an Internet that views third party applications such as Vonage's Voice-over-IP service as parasitic. It is an Internet in which virtually all content should come at a price, even when that content has been made freely available. It is an Internet that would seek to cut off subscriber access based on mere allegations of wrongdoing, without due process or oversight from a judge or jury. This disturbing vision of the Internet is not fantasy. It is based on real policy proposals being considered by the Canadian government today. ...