http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/10/net_neutrality.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:18:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/10/net_neutrality.html/comment-page-1#comment-56705 Patrick S. O'Donnell Thu, 19 Oct 2006 01:11:07 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2006/10/net-neutrality-law-money-and-culture.html#comment-56705 typo corrected: 'in spirit' typo corrected: ‘in spirit’

]]> http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/10/net_neutrality.html/comment-page-1#comment-56704 Patrick S. O'Donnell Thu, 19 Oct 2006 01:09:28 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2006/10/net-neutrality-law-money-and-culture.html#comment-56704 Stakes that can't be cast in 'simple economic terms;' acknowledgement of the 'pervasive commercialization of cultural life,' including concern with 'giving already-dominant entities even more opportunities to leverage existing networks of distribution into an ever more powerful hold over our collective imagination;' and mention of 'positive externalities' and the 'public good:' how utterly refreshing and yet old-fashioned in an endearing sort of way. In parts and in spirt: Lewis Mumford, Frankfurt School, Raymond Williams, and Richard Sennett, in short, a critique we can live well with. Stakes that can’t be cast in ‘simple economic terms;’ acknowledgement of the ‘pervasive commercialization of cultural life,’ including concern with ‘giving already-dominant entities even more opportunities to leverage existing networks of distribution into an ever more powerful hold over our collective imagination;’ and mention of ‘positive externalities’ and the ‘public good:’ how utterly refreshing and yet old-fashioned in an endearing sort of way. In parts and in spirt: Lewis Mumford, Frankfurt School, Raymond Williams, and Richard Sennett, in short, a critique we can live well with.

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