The Assignment

"The encroachment of multinational postindustrial capitalism, the context in which cyberspace is "embedded," produces online inequalities centralized in the offline spaces of power" -Truscello

Discuss!

Corporations are finding new ways to make money off of the internet. What was once a concept that frightened the Baron's Of Capitalism, is now fast becoming another source of fees, charges, installations and taxes.

In its early stages, the idea of the "internet" was a chaotically scary concept to multinationals who survive by offering services and goods for fees. Here was a place where only one person needed to pay, and an unlimited number could share and benefit. Information became instantaneous and erroneous.

But now, corporations and governments are finding new ways to charge for the usage, development, installation, basically everything. What freedoms are left are being legislated away until it will be no different than what cable has evolved into- sterility for the masses, pay for the good stuff, which is still too mainstream to truly be "cool".