> "" > Internet is for everyone - but it won't be if legislation around the > world creates a thicket of incompatible laws that hinder the growth > of electronic commerce, stymie the protection of intellectual > property, and stifle freedom of expression and the development of > market economies. Let us dedicate ourselves to the creation of a > global legal framework in which laws work across national boundaries > to reinforce the upward spiral of value that the Internet is capable > of creating. > "" I'd like to propose an alternate paragraph here: "" Internet is for everyone - but it won't be if intellectual property laws continue to encroach on our freedom to develop and use new technologies, to share ideas and expressions of ideas with others, to comment on and criticize others' ideas and expressions of ideas, to restrict our use of ordinary language, and to effectively give a small number of people control over the distribution and licensing of popular works. Let us dedicate ourselves to the worldwide abolishment of the provisions in intellectual property laws - copyrights, patents, and trademarks - which stifle the freedom of expression and the development of a gloabl marketplace of ideas, to reinforce the upward spiral of real value (not to be confused with money) that the citizens of the world can create with the Internet's help. "" Keith