Without liberty, the Net perishes. Liberty requires privacy, an assumption that unless you're attacking someone else you can do as you wish. You shouldn't have to encrypt your messages, surf anonymously, or break the law in order to read, write and hear what you want. Liberty should not belong only to the technically adept. It is the natural property of all of us.
Software deserves the same First Amendment protection as speech.
These are the legal changes the Web demands. These are changes the incumbent Administration will resist. The irony here is that the protective policies of the current Administration help mostly those in industries opposed to the President and hurt those in industries supporting him. Irony, however, belongs to journalists and historians who can afford it. The proper policy, the way out of recession, is through incentives for renewable energy and trusting the people to use the Internet as they have used the telephone and printing press.