I use Google every day, but I do so using a free public domain browser (You need FireFox. Seriously.) which defines the internet perfectly - as the ultimate convergence of free services that I pay for indirectly. As a high school graduation present, back when browncow v2.0 was up, I purchased a PC over the internet. I did it again two years ago. If my brick-and-mortar purchases support the enormous bulky commercial infrastructure offline why can't my online purchases support this amazing world wide web? Copyright issues, protectionist policies, and predatory behavior are all issues that will have to be resolved. The proliferation of spam and virus must be confronted. However, these issues are technically small yet actually contribute in no small way to the enormous potential that is represented here. When Nicholas Negroponte develops his $100 laptop, what would we say to the billion children who couldn't access the internet because it costs more than they see in a year to log on to facebook? A resource of this magnitude, towering over every center of knowledge ever imagined, must be free and accessible to all.