Contra la mitificación de Internet. Una aproximación a la tensión entre un imaginario mercantil y un imaginario compartido en Internet
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Una batalla por el control de Internet se produce a diario ante
nuestros ojos. La gente está cansada de que la falta de acción de go-
biernos y la arrogancia de los proveedores posibilite que el futuro de la
información pueda quedar en manos de estos últimos al construir las
redes a imagen y semejanza de sus intereses. Internet puede ser positivo
en el sentido del acceso a información relevante en la comunidad y más
allá de ella. Internet ha sido una relevante herramienta para desarrollar
el cambio político en el mundo. Internet es también relevante para el
desarrollo económico y las comunicaciones. Pero puede ser también ne-
gativo. Hoy las reglas de las autopistas de la información se realizan por
las corporaciones globales con poca supervisión pública. Internet puede
ser utilizado para controlar a los ciudadanos. Internet es cada vez más
una herramienta usada por megacorporaciones para apropiarse y contro-
lar lo que debería ser propiedad pública, pero de hecho puede terminar
siendo propiedad privada. La alternativa es desarrollar Internet como una
herramienta cooperativa, común y libre.
A battle is raging for control of the Internet and it is taking place every day. People fed up with the recalcitrance and outright arro- gance of their providers and governments’ lack of action are taking their information future into their own hands by building their own high-speed networks. The internet can be positive in the sense that important in- formation can be reached throughout community and beyond that. The Internet has been a very remarkable tool in order to develop political change around the world. The Internet is a powerful tool to spread eco- nomic development and communications. But it can also be negative.Today the rules of the information highway are made by a handful of global corporations with little public oversight. The Internet can be used in order to monitor citizens. The internet is about big companies owning and controlling so much of what should public property, but in fact the entire internet could be a private property. The alternative is to develop the Internet as a cooperative, common, free tool.
A battle is raging for control of the Internet and it is taking place every day. People fed up with the recalcitrance and outright arro- gance of their providers and governments’ lack of action are taking their information future into their own hands by building their own high-speed networks. The internet can be positive in the sense that important in- formation can be reached throughout community and beyond that. The Internet has been a very remarkable tool in order to develop political change around the world. The Internet is a powerful tool to spread eco- nomic development and communications. But it can also be negative.Today the rules of the information highway are made by a handful of global corporations with little public oversight. The Internet can be used in order to monitor citizens. The internet is about big companies owning and controlling so much of what should public property, but in fact the entire internet could be a private property. The alternative is to develop the Internet as a cooperative, common, free tool.







