Re: We Internet pioneers breathe a sigh of relief
elDog is right. In reality, each of our respective governments already own the internet, and they have a military to defend the ground which the cables are laid upon that make it work.
Back down here however, how much of this law is going to change remains to be seen. I believe on each bill passed for the foreseeable future, there will be riders chipping away at it to form what corporations want (which won't be what you want). However, at least as long as it stays "there", under government watch, we will have a middle man, or better put, a ground with foundation to approach for ~fair~ treatment. It will be leaned heavily in favor of BigCrop (as usual), BUT, at least we won't have to strictly deal with BigCorp and all its siblings view of "fair == fare", as we have had to so far (or I guess just the last ~10 years, or however long the internet has been a sole commercial entity).
Oh, and if somebody has been a "White Hat" hacker for 30 years, there has to be some dirt on that white (the 80's was the Wild West for any programmer...if you ever spent 30 minutes crafting a humorous MOTD...you understand).