Who Owns the Internet?

Netzkultur

NY Times: Who Owns the Internet? You and i Do
„The capitalization of things seems to place an inordinate, almost private emphasis on something,“ he said, turning it into a Kleenex or a Frigidaire. „The Internet, at least philosophically, should not be owned by anyone,“ he said, calling it „part of the neural universe of life.“
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„Although most everybody still capitalizes World Wide Web, words like „website,“ and the online journals known as weblogs (or, simply, blogs) are increasingly lowercase. Of course, the Internet’s capital I is virtually engraved in stone, since Microsoft Word automatically capitalizes the lowercase „i“ unless a user overrides its settings.“