Perhaps technically true, but a lot of sites just plain block CallTheShots' access to their servers. For instance, I don't think you can get Slashdot through CallTheShots.com. (BTW, I've talked about CallTheShots.com before.)

And a small correction to the article:

Cherry-Picking The Web: "Metabrowsers let surfers select whatever content they want from anywhere on the Web and gather it all on one site." More integrity dissolution.

It's just a hopping day today.

This principle was true 200 years ago and will be true 200 years from now. If we violation this, we will end up in the position that Britain is in.

The author's integrity of communication must be the overriding consideration in any discussion about Free Speech.

Complete separation! It's so tempting to try to avoid this separation somehow, because with new technology and the new economy there are new and bold ways to compromise integrity, but this must be resisted. Communication is only as valuable as the integrity of the message allows, and we must not allow that integrity to be compromised. I feel that while it the practical methods and thought processes may be better expressed in other words, this is the foundational principle upon which we must build our ideals for in the coming years, as we will assuredly be facing fights to define this principles.

  • The Service Provider is not responsible for the content created by the Service User.
  • Service User agrees not to do the following things as a condition of service. (X, Y, Z) Should the Service User do these things, all service will be terminated to the User until they are back in compliance with the contract.

    Notice that the ISP doesn't ever try to "fix" the problem by modifying anything in the Service User's datastream (which would include websites, streaming movies, etc.), just terminates service until the user is in compliance. This is critical too!

    Service will not be terminated for any other reason.
  • The Service Provider will never modify the Service User's data for any reason. Service may be terminated, but no modification of data will occur.

The only rational agreement that preserves the right to free speech as we have come to cherish it looks like this: