Berners-Lee: Web Access Is a 'Human Right' 480
jbrodkin writes "Two decades after creating the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee says humans have become so reliant on it that access to the Web should now be considered a basic right. In a speech at an MIT symposium, Berners-Lee compared access to the Web with access to water. 'Access to the Web is now a human right,' he said. 'It's possible to live without the Web. It's not possible to live without water. But if you've got water, then the difference between somebody who is connected to the Web and is part of the information society, and someone who (is not) is growing bigger and bigger.'"
Re:Right (Score:2, Interesting)
Then you better give up your right to a fair trial. It requires a judge to render that service, a jury of your peers to take their time off from work, and lawyers.
It's no different at all from a doctor. You pay a lawyer if you can, else society will pay for one for you. Same for a doctor or the internet.